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But again dismissed, since doubts arose about the takeover. H/ .That was also the reason why those who had not yet been called up to that point were not uninvited.In the meantime, since we had an interest in solving this question, we left nothing to be desired and made submissions to the competent authorities.To Gauleiter Pg Henlein, who was ensign himself at the time of the connection and in which we presupposed full understanding, a letter was sent. In the year l94o he was asked to accept the solution of this question.After three months the promise came that he had worked for a corresponding solution for us, however, to this day no further information has been received from us.Now an eternal back and forth began, this laughs soon on this, sometimes there was a lot of poetry and sometimes little truth. Day by day, we thought of the WBK Karlovy Vary, whose commander is working for us to the best of his ability, the understanding that we as sergeants - we were al-so degraded - were overneeded and in time we were informed, - if we were not officer candidates Then we were assigned by the position II a/ officer and officer candidates/of the WFK of the place II b. This position was, however, revoked for a short time and we were informed that we were again to be regarded as an officer candidate and to take over the same conditions into the German Wehrmacht, as is the case with the Fähn-riche in the Ostmark, i.e. that this decree should also apply to us. This was for 4 marital ensigns from the Karlovy Vary area-Behr Xandl from the Panoramastrasse, also below us immediately free-killy to report and we were immediately moved to the Inf. Ers Btl.72 in Karlovary. That was in July 1994l.From the WBK a letter with the necessary information about our acceptance went along and I must expressly note that our action was quite militaryly correct and that -we were happy to find that much understanding.But for us now a path of suffering began regarding the handling of our matter.Had we reported to the Czechs in 19l9 and had If we were to be loyal to the Czechs, it would not be for and the question raised, because the German Wehrmacht would have taken over us with the rank we had reached with the Czech. Depending on how we would have bent our backs before the Czech, we would today be lieutenant, lieutenant or even captain and after a re-training we would also be in these ranks in the Czech Republic. I don't need to tell you anything about the treatment of knowledgeable German at the Czech Army.You intervened even in many cases during your por litical activity in the Czech Republic.We were szt. for character reasons I am able to become a saliva hunter and were demoted by the Czechs to mean soldiers. we were reduced by the German Wehrmacht again in our rank, which we did not take crooked, because we had the ascent