GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 697, sig. 110-4548

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The commander of the security police and SD Prague, July 2, 1943 XIX. Kastanienallee 19 Tgb. Nr. B.d.S. PA 3 Please indicate the above business sign and date in the reply. go to B. No. 1838/43g To the Higher % - and Police Leader % Obergruppenführer State Secretary K.H. Frank Prag Betr.: Czech unity in the Red Army here: Colonel Ludvik Svoboda Vorg.: Dort. St.S. IV P 15/43 - his. Letter - I - 1831/43 g of June 22, 1943 Further investigation into the wife and daughter of Svobida remained unsuccessful. Svoboda comes from a Czech peasant family in Hrosnatin. The mother of the S. had married twice. From the first marriage comes Svobida, another son who is said to have fallen during the World War and a To daughter who married the farmer Hladky in Hrosnatin, who is about 60 years old and has been in the Ausgedinge with her husband since the summer of 1942. The Hladky couple openly handed over their agriculture to the son early on for fear of expropriation. From the marriage of the H. were 8 children, one of which is a son of Roman Catholic pastor. In the second marriage the mother of the S. was married to the farmer Nejedly in Hrosnatin. From this marriage comes the 42-year-old farmer Neyedly at Hrosnatein. In the summer of 1942 he was detained at the state police station Brno in the course of an investigation against Colonel Svoboda two to three days. comes further a daughter who is married to the farmer Bradac in Aurschinov (Bez. Groß-Meseritsch). Another step sister of the S. is married with the farmer Soukal in Bochowitz (Bek.Trebitsch). - 2 - 141 Secret Federal Chancellery in Moravia. Ice -5.JULI 1943