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Copy 26 The Imperial Protector $rag , ben 24.January 1942. in Bohemia and Moravia No. I 11 V3-1-201/41II. Eo envoyed to celebrate the sprawl and the counter-sand at worldly screams. Monten über Überkassen Bosfuarkafienkonto No. 98.50o and Girokonto brider Nationalbank für Böhmen uno Moravian in Brog To Mr. Director P o s s e Dresden Al Staatliche Gemäldegalerie. Dear Dr. Posse ! After the pictures from Raudnitz have been received with you, I will send you, in accordance with your request, in the annex a list of the estimated value of the images you have taken, as a basis for the compensation fund provided by the guide for the purchase of new pictures for the museums of the Protectorate. The prices for I have been set up by Professor Swoboda and my clerk, the very nifty to II by secret councilman Zimmermann and the auctioneer Weinmüller. In my earlier letter, I pointed out how poor today is the protectorate, which was once so rich in art treasures, and how much we strive to fill the gaps created over the centuries. Now that you know for yourself how difficult it is at the moment to obtain an artifact corresponding to the value of the lost images, especially the Breughel image, I would be grateful if you could help us to obtain such works of art, perhaps by making a note of the artworks available in the occupied territories. In your letter dated October 10, 1941, you also stated that the two Raudnitz paintings by Brandl were designated by the Führer for the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Berlin. This measure is welcomed here in that it shows monuments of German art from the Protectorate at an important place. I would be grateful if you would inform the museum management of our position in Berlin. However, for the time of the shipment to Berlin, I suggest that a warmer season be waited. ./. -2-