English Translation

M Heckel Prague, 10 February 1943.No. I 10 - V 4-1-134/43 No. I10 - V 3-1-287/43 0 11.F201043 Mr Gi e s . Subject: Ordinance of the Imperial Protector for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Bohemia and Moravia of 10 October 1940 The Criminal Police Directorate of Prague published in a report dated 3 November 1940 v.J. on the alleged paintings of S p i t z w e g, that a director H r b e k in P' r a g- allegedly buys on behalf of the Dorotheum in W i n painting of old masters. The Secretary of State had requested report on this. S eeeT commissioner of the dorotheium in W e n ~. He informed the clerk that the pictures he sent to Vienna were in no way objects of museum value. He was not aware of the decree of the Reich Protector dated 1 October 1940 on the protection of cultural monuments. He had been instructed about the decree and then explained that he would inform the Dorothewm. In the future, he himself will always apply for an export licence in accordance with the regulations.