English Translation

Ernst Frank Head of the Karlovy Vary daily fo Karlovie Vary 8 March 1943. Dear Karl ! Today as a registered package I sent you a book by Dr. Johannes Priese "Das blaue Land", whose new edition has just been approved and which the author, my publisher, would like to dedicate to you. In the accompanying letter he addressed to you with this request and asked me to support the request for acceptance of the dedication. I do so herewith. If you do not come to read the book, I would like to tell you that the novel "Das blaue Land" (straightly seen) is not a highly artistic work, which could be compared with Kolbenheyer or a very large one, but which represents a very, honest, clean piece of work in historical-crafts. The importance lies in the fact that the question of East-West settlement is recorded in it by the old Fritz, which, as far as I know, has not been reflected in any other entertaining book so far. The paper management offices probably also took the lead when they approved the fapier for this novel. So if you want to make my publisher happy, please take the dedication *on. He certainly means it honestly and certainly wants to express the thanks he owes to you when you made it possible for 2o.ooo children to be made in the sun. That was a very nice business for my publisher, which he only had to thank you for. The disadvantage of the book is that the extraordinarily extensive scientific material on which the action rests does not always appear artistically impeccable in the action. As a lawyer, Priese was probably led to use too much material by the seductive abundance of the material that is present and that has to address a critical human being with the utmost care, so that the artistic design is a little too short. Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that the book will have a great effect, especially on simpler people. Greetings and all the best! Hail Hitler! Yours