STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2047, sig. 109-7/54

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54 B 4 ahvit Betr.: P o d h a j s k ý , Army General of the former Czech Choslovak Army. Tuny, Wullntiphag 163 P o D h a J s ký was an Austro-Hungarian General Staff Officer and was taken over as Division General in the Czechoslovak army, in whose construction he significantly participated, and in which he was promoted to Army General. In 1935 P. From the military service and then became a member of the board of directors of the Brno Arms Factory. P. was not active in political politics before. However, he was always national-Czech-minded and already engaged in Czech affairs in the k.u.k. Army. He also understood how to acquire the favor of the former president Masaryk. His behaviour towards the Germans can be described as correct. 5LOCE