English Translation

12 - 4 - this advertising activity was an increasing unrest in all associations of former soldiers. They had previously believed that war victims in the NSKov, all others in the Nazi Reichskriegerbund would be collected. Now they heard that all front soldiers had to enter the NSCov and that the Nazi Empire's confederation would soon be dissolved. A certain counterweight was only the healthy sense of the old warriors, who resisted to be regarded as "victims" of war if they did not suffer from a war injury today. Only this attitude of the large majority of the front fighters and soldiers is attributable to the fact that, despite all the difficulties that I have put in my way, I succeeded in establishing the Gaukriegerverband Sudetenland with 32 Kreiskriegersverband, 1500 comradeships and about 150,000 men. From all the experiences I have had over the past few months, I conclude that despite the agreement of January 1st, the Sudctenland government is holding on to its old plan, all of them. To unite soldiers of their territory in a single federation under the Gauamt for war victims and to place Ing.Staffen at the head of this federation, while the Nazi Reichskriegerbund is to be completely eliminated. A proof of the correctness of this assumption lies in the recent request of the Gauleitung to the Protectorate government to recognize the NSKov as the only representation of alton Soldntenz in the 6 Bohemian circles entering the Gau Sudetenland, since the Nazi Reichskriegsbund had no particular tasks to perform there. This request is contrary to the agreement of 12 January and it is certainly unusual that the Reichskriegerf, with which this agreement has been concluded, was not previously informed that it is no longer recognized by the Gauleitung as binding for it. The relationship between the Nazi Reichskriegerbund and NSKov is governed by the command of the leader. I am bound by this Führer's order. However, conditions in the Gau Sudctenland are unbearable by the fact that the Gauamt fir war victims in Reichenberg consider themselves entitled to act against the Pührer order and to give it a content corresponding to the cigenen wishes. Colonel Freiherr v.d.Goltz For the correctness of SS-Oberführer.