English Translation

56 B 4 Betr.: W e i n e r e k , Division General of the former Czechoslovak Ármee. W e e i ne r ek is a former judicial officer of the k.u.k. Army. After the overthrow he was taken over into the Czecho-Slovak army, where he quickly made a career and became general chief of the Presidium of the Ministry of National Defence (M.N.O.). In political terms W. B. Although he was considered an "Oesterreicher" in the Czech Choslovak army and had many enemies among the legionaries, he understood, however, to be in the presidium of the M.N.O., probably because of his good relations, which he had created by his marriage to a Jewess. He was particularly close to the Director General of the Zivno Bank, Preis, and the deputy of the Vyškovský agricultural party, the former president of the Land Office. W. is said to have also come to the management board of the Rokycan muni- tion factory, which belonged to the Jews Mandelik and Stein.