English Translation

13a old master bought up and urged Hoyer to take up the pieces immediately. In this case as well as in the case of hunters, Hoyer informed the interested party of the negative expert's opinion, so that a fraud attempt could not be proven to him. While the negotiations with the "Dorotheum" were still floating, Hrbek told the art painter waiter from Prague about the Spitzweg paintings in the Café Sroubek, where he explained that he wanted to offer them to the Secretary of State. The handler Benz, to whom he first turned, referred him to Ministerial Councillor Dr. Gies, There he presented the photos of the pictures; as Ministerial Counselor Dr. Gies had little time, he asked waiters to come back at a later time and bring the "pictures" with him again. When waiters on the second visit instead of the Spitzweg pictures showed only the pictographies - allegedly he understood ministerial councillor Dr. Gies so - this should have declared itself disinterested. Hrbek then sent the pictures to the "Dorotheum" in Vienna, where they were again found to be wrong after a letter here. The paintings are at present secured at the local office, after the owner Hoyer voluntarily issued them. I intend the forgeries after another official examination by Prof. Swoboda from the Kunsthistorisches Institut der ja ! Karlsuniversität in consultation with the Reichszentrale for the fight against forgeries of works of art at the Reich Criminal Police Office in Berlin for training purposes. 11270 gez. signature e.h.