Advisory Council Decision Czernin/Vermeer

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English Translation

17 On 14 November 1940, the tax office for transport taxes sent a payment request for the inheritance fees of RM 380,000,-- to Jaromir Czernin, who was paid with the approval of the Fideikomiss Court of 14 December 1940 from the deposited purchase sum. According to the request for payment, the basis of assessment for this inheritance fee was accepted with RM 837.004,--, in the sense of a "anbot made by Jaromir Czernin, which the Minister of Finance has accepted [...]. Now that Jaromi Czernine is in line with the comparison with Eugen Czernin of the 23rd century, In February 1933, Eugen Czernin finally agreed to a change in the sense that Jaromir Czernine retained the proceeds of the sale for the present painting in its entirety, but the rest of the painting gallery went against the payment of RM 280,000,-- as a partial replacement of the inheritance fees to Eugen Ccernin. Eugen Czernin met this agreement in three instalments, namely in May 1941 (RM 80,000,--), in December 1941 and in December 1942 (RM 100,000,-) respectively. 4. Jaromir Czernine and Alix Czernin Jaromi Czernnin, born on January 30, 1908, had three sons born from his first marriage (1930, 1932 and 1935). After the divorce of this first marriage on January 12, 1908. On 7 May 1938 he married Alix, born Frankenberg-Ludwigsdorf, divorced Faber- Castell (1907-1979). This marriage was divorced on 26 May 1942 and divorced again on 6 November 1951 after a remarriage on 27 November 1944. Two children born in 1938 and 1945 were born from the marriage with Alix Czernin. Jaromir Czernin lived on his property in Marschendorf (Horní Maršov), Trautenau district (Trutnov), Czechoslovakia until 1943. On 9 April 1940, he applied to the Marschndorf 2 local group, Gau Sudetenland, for admission to the NSDAP. In the personnel questionnaire, he stated that he had been a member of the Sudenten German Party since 11 May 1938 and that he was a member since 1 January 1938. He was a member of the local victim ring of the NSDAP, the NSFK (National Socialist Air Corps) and the DAF (German Labour Front). The request was supported by the local group leader, but on the second side of the request the district leader stated that he did not support the admission because the spouse Alix Czernin was "not free of Jewish sem. racial impact". In a second note it was stated that the application was "not supported because of the unsubstantiated nature of the applicant". On 26 June 1940 the rejection of the request was confirmed by the district director, and on 30 July 1943, after a review of the application, was again rejected. On 1 August 1943, the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter in the Sudetenland, Konrad Henlein, informed the Gauschatzmeister of the NSDAP in Reichenberg that "according to the order of the Führer