STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 828, sig. 109-4/579

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Copy 4 B e r i c h t about the dismissal of the Auggaben as circle leader, the Pg. Hans W e s t e n in Budweis For some time now, the rumor spread in Budwies that because of misunderstandings with the Gauleitung in Linz, the former circle leader PG. West wants to resign. It corresponds to the facts that solcje misunderstandings exist in Budweis and how I was able to convince myself to exist among the old employees of the district management even today. e.g. also the former district manager W i 1 d will leave for the 1st September to return to the economy. Westen personally announced to me that the eternal patronage by non-experienced employees of the Gauleitung towards Séäner Person, as well as a greater influence from "Prague" in Linz on the district management in Budweis for tension, led among others to Gauleiter Pg. Eigruber aus: The space was taken over by Oberdonau as politically relegated. In the shortest time it was so far directed. The SDP was absolutely not what is understood by the NSDAP and had nothing at all with the program of the N SDAP. It was a "naked self-protection action of the Germans in this space". It was only a matter of preserving the German language and culture, not having ideological will-making, it was only an instrument of defense, the last one against the Czechs. That is why Pg.E. set up a circle leader, who will now also carry out the alignment according to the NsDaP programme. - Further remarks were made about the economy in the Budweier Kessel, whose total liberal leadership, which lags behind Altreich and Ostmark and here the first advance, therefore West sent to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry as President. The farewell of the Gauleiter seemed to be very cool, he himself was overtired, the departure of West, painful with his closing words. Heil Hitler! registered signature O. Q ii / deage 2 0.VII 1941 blosClaf gikooe 1/.929 18/8 geir hevmdrois iberoande SD section Peag flal. 269 c lat Quloy an 175821. AUG.1941 bltkng Begeiter: 4h-0ibaf. Sies Juie iktenzeichens 328. ook.1 CCE