English Translation

44a did not provide any further information on the German service mail. As already mentioned, the letter was sent to the Czech post office X on 13 February 1940 and sent to Prague I in a closed postal bag together with other letters. The address of the letter was not indicated from Reichenberg, because in the Hybernergasse there is a home of the Studentenschaft, while the office of Prof. B e r n h a u e r is located in Lützowgasse 26. The letter in question was then handed over by the Czech post office I on I4.2.l940 with the early mail against receipt of the employees Anna Z i s k a of the student's home in Hybernergasse. Z i S k a has a postal authority to receive letters, which are addressed to there. The postal authority granted is located at the Post office I in Prague. From the Z i s k a the letter to the secretary Pl i s c h k e of Prof. Ber n h a u e r has been sent to a student for further transportation. However, the student does not have to have carried out his order properly, because after about 2 weeks the letter is said to have been on the table of the private secretary Plishke again. This is said to have handed over the letter of the washing woman of Prof. B e r n h a u e r, who then delivered it correctly on 26.2.l940 (on the same day). According to the result of the investigation, a school will first of all meet the German service mail, which, despite the note "Through the Deutsche Dienstpost Böhmen and Moravia", left this letter for 14 days and then passed it on to the Czech post office for ordering. Unfortunately, this procedure is very often used by the German services mail. There is a great danger for the secrecy of official shipments from the Reich. The Czech Post Office is only to be accused in so far as it has indicated in the case of a previous complaint of the letter that the letter should not have been placed in the place of the post office I. This information is 63078