English Translation

52 B 4 Betr.: K o z á k , Colonel of the former Czechoslovak army. K o Z ák was an active infantry officer in the K.u.k. army. During World War II he joined the Czech League in France and became captain there. After the overthrow he was transferred to the Czechoslowak army, where he was last colonel in the presidium of the Ministry of National Defense. K. is known as the editor of manuals for Czech soldiers. Furthermore, he is editor of the magazine "Zprávy podpůrného fondu bývalých československých důstojníků" (sheet of the Support Association of Former Czech Officers), in which he is also head of the Department for Czech Officials. In political terms, K. the type of the Czechs, who understand their attitude quickly to adapt to the respective political conditions. He recognized himself since the overthrow openly as a Social-Democrat and was until the establishment of the Protectorate pronounced Benehnehnacht and German enemy. He also had Sympathia for the Soviet army and the Red Army in Spain. After the German troops invaded Bohemia and Moravia, on every occasion K. emphasized his loyalty to the Germans, especially in his articles written in the newspaper of the Support Association of Former Officers.