STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2145, sig. 109-8/28

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2 The commander of the security police 19 February .19.42 and the SD Prague, the.... XIX, Kastanienallee 19 \V10631/421 Tgb. Mr. B. d. S. Büra da C az fecretary request to indicate in reply preliminary business sign and date. octor in bu Moravia. Eing.. 2 3.FEB. 1942 To the Secretary of State 4-Group leader K.H. F r a n k 2 3 Prague Betr.: Protectoratsgendarmerie - Officer's School in Prague With effect from February 3, 1942, the German language was introduced in the gendarmary officer's school in Prague as a language of instruction. However, commanding language remained Czech, because - as the Major Biskup explained - no orders had yet been issued. The son-in-law of former Minister Ježek, Major Vaña, also mentioned that the order had been issued by order of the group leader Frank. However, he continued to accept Czech answers during the lessons, as well as written works in Czech with the declaration that the gendarmes were among themselves and, finally, they had the legal right to speak and write Czech. comments Vaña, the leader will possibly use the German officers' pupils in France elsewhere. I have already briefly informed and proposed to transfer Vaňa from Prague at my last lecture i-Obergruppenführer Heydrich. 4-ObergroupenführER Heydric asks to arrange for the next. tifu .Tu B-16 42