STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132

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English Translation

/°01 On Hittwoch, 19.11.41, at 12.00 Ühr, a solemn visit to the benzolic srone and insignia by the Imperial Protector and the President of the Republic Dr. Hacha takes place. The 7 keys to this Henzel shrine, which were up to now in the most diverse hands, are solemnly taken over by the Stellv. Raichsprotector with symbolic acceptance of the Nenzels tradition in his fidelity to the imperial idea. Afterwards, the 7 keys / which are in the meantime, understandably secretly produced in a duplicate and in Safe des Stell v. In the same day, an article of the Imperial Protector will be sent to the President as the head of the Autonomous Protectorate with the obligation to preserve the same status, while the remaining four keys will officially be sent into custody by the Imperial protector.