STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1248, sig. 109-4/1002 Page 23 · 23 of 81
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1248, sig. 109-4/1002
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21 Lof. Thwbr B 4 Betr.: Š e b e s.t a,Jaroslav, Dr., Superior of the Political Administration, born 20.3.1988 in Břišichi in Galicia, responsible for Prague II., verh., residing in Prague II, Podskalska 51. S. is Czech and comes from a higher Austro-Hungarian family of civil servants. He also speaks the German and Polish languages except the Czech. During his time at the district office in Aussig a.E., Šebesta proved to be a conscientious and correct official. Although national Czechs, he tried to strike a balance between Germans and Czechs which caused him to disform his Czech environment. This tole- nated attitude towards the Germans has Š. It is ascribed, among other things, to his prudence that, before the invasion of the German troops in Aussig, there were no major conflicts between Czechs and Germans.