STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2554, sig. 109-12/201

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h6 - 43 Benesch in Reichenberg Benesch went in 1937 for the first time to the SudetenGerman area and visited Reichenberg. Immediately the following joke came up: "Why is Benesch going to Reichenberg right now?" "Yes", was the answer, "because he needs a pass over the year to Reichberg already!"