English Translation

38 Security Service RFH Prague-Bubentich , 18 January 1941. Sachlenweg SD-Head Section Prague Telex 77444 E 4 - VA 41 _V_er_t_r_a_u_l_i_c_h_!_ To the office of the S aa hcetär Mr. State Secretary at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia undinebren llahten. 44-Group leader K.H. Fr a n k Eing.: 21. JAN. 1941 Tgb. Prague 7 $α.d. 26 /T Betr.: Buchhandlung André, Prague. Although at present. a takeover of the bookstore André by the 'Volk und Reich' - publishing house is for the decision, who transmits the subsequently still the assessments received by the Reichsssicherheitshauptamt about the two former main applicants: 1. Walter K r i e gwar before 1933 head of the publishing house DUACO Püttmann, Stuttgart and at that time published the writings of Magnus Hirschfeld. He later headed the publishing house N. Neubert, Berlin. In 1938 he became the head of the Nibelungen publishing house. Today he is the owner of the Herbert Stubenrauch-Verlagsbuchanstalt Berlin, the R. Lechner'schen Universitätsbuchhandlung Wien and some other publishing houses and bookshops. He is an excellent businessman, whose last work has been generally successful. His main area of work has so far been the warehouse, while he has only recently been active as an assortment book dealer. The successful activity of war broke with the fact that in the course of time similar enterprises gathered around his parent company, so that the first beginnings of a group formation can be spoken of. Since this development cannot be desired, there are doubts against the takeover of the bookstore André by war. Discussions on his political attitude have not yet been completed.