English Translation

IV/2 - M Prague, 4 June 1943. 35 9. 20 1943. I. E n t w u r a letter from the Secretary of State 44.g can Mr. 253 General Music Director Karl Elmendorff, Dre sden, State Opera. Dear Mr. General Music director! POPL The two Walküire performances on 22 and 24 May of the same year. in the context of the Prague Music Weeks, thanks to the high art of your excellent artist ensemble and your well-established Staatskapelle as well as, above all, your masterful staff leadership, have become highlights of the recent Prague German musical life. To my greatest regret, I personally was not able to participate in one of the two events, but I do not want to fail to thank you and your group for their artistic achievements in this area, during which the reputation and validity of Germanism were further enhanced, my Kned isar ziset. On this occasion, the hope was expressed that the relations between the two cities in Prague, which were re-established during the guest performance, might also have a fruitful effect on Minodng's future. Ieh, Mr. General Music Director, as the new director of the first Dresden Institute of Art, may ask you in particular to continue so understandingly and effectively support us in our efforts to build up a German cultural life in Prague. Heil Hitler! II. About the head of the cultural policy department in Germany Wolf 24 to Mr. Ministerialrat i-Obersturmbannführer Dr. G e s (ar fappufr wal Aa t y Jabau). 543