English Translation

Prague, 24 December 1943. no s8eit datH ml Herrnbrew kp- Minister of State THE PRIMATOR-STELLVERTRETER SS-Obergruppenführer K.H.Frank, THE MAIN CITY PRAG. SHE YUD Prague IV, -l mdo4 b m Is E0 Czerninpalais mape tengkaeto 9 ner ell9 s0 EpO Very esteemed Minister of the State ! He The all too sudden death of Prof. Gierach and other circumstances have unfortunately prevented the Sudetenraum from appearing at the Munich funeral in the form OU that would have corresponded to his weight and the size of the homely BE. At 5 p.m. the dean of the philosophical faculty sends the wish of the rector in Reichenberg, I would like to represent the university in Munich, since I would have been much closer to the colleague Gierach. It was a natural duty of my friends to respond to this wish, although at this point in time - the funeral was scheduled for Monday at 1l a.m. - I could hardly think of NS any more equipment. Nevertheless, I immediately asked the dean of the philosophical faculty to ask him, Herm Mini-sterialrat Dr. Gies inform me of my journey, because, knowing your personal relationship with Gierach, I suspected that, Minister of State, as a representative of the tweb Protectorate and of its Germanism, you would attach great importance to expressing your attachment in Munich. SA- Unfortunately, you did not reach me to do so any more, especially since I had no knowledge of my Munich accommodation on my departure and the attempt to reach me in the express train in Eger apparently failed. For this purpose, the president of the Deutsche Akademie gel der Wissenschaften had asked me next to the rector to represent this body, ff as I did one hour before leaving for Munich by Prof. Wostry Iudosdo from Reichenberg the apparently passed on by Dr.Oberdorfer mnrew , got message that there could be no one from Reichberg to participate in the funeral -nee and I also want to represent "the Gau" there,with SAT8T