English Translation

Copies Troppau, April 3, 1941 Major a.D. Ernst Pawliska, Troppau, Laudonstrasse 20 To the State Secretary SS Group Leader Karl HermannFrank P r a g State Secretary! I take the liberty of addressing you with a personal matter, Mr. State Secretary, and at the same time apologize if I take your time here. As district group leader of the Reichsluftschutzbund I immediately registered for the service with the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the war, but could not be called with consideration my permanent U.K. position. Since as a former officer it was very important for me to do service in the war with the Wehrmacht, I finally realized that my U.K. position at the RLB was lifted and my convocation to military service as an officer capable of using war became a fact. However, my convocation depends on a good eight of the Wehrmacht authorised representative in Prague, which was obtained by W.B.K. Troppau through the Wrocław Wehrsatzinspektion. This report is based on a decree of the OK.W. Because I did not register for service in the Czech Wehrmacht at that time, nor did I serve in it, and was classified by the Czechs as a canon, on the basis of the Czech military law. I was also denied the payment of a pension. For this reason only the good respect of the Wehrmcht authorized must be obtained. On receipt of this report, my convocation to the Wehrmacht will follow immediately. Experience has shown that the handling of this matter in Prague takes a very long time, because such files are piled up. The handling of the matter is the division of Colonel Opitz and Major Richling. I would now like to ask you, Mr Secretary of State, whether you would use the Wehrmacht's authorised representative to speed up my work so that my convening can take place quite soon. Thank you, Mr. Secretary of State, for your efforts, I would once again like to apologize for addressing you personally and drawing with Heil Hitler Ernst Pawliska Major a.D. former district head of the SPD in Moravia - Ostrava. For the accuracy of the copy: