English Translation

41-69 The SS leaders and men under his command hung with warm love and highest respect to their always standing commander, who, even in the most difficult cases, stands before his men and covers them, a master of birth and attitude. He was a shining example in the willingness to bear responsibility, as he was a model of modesty. He held that it would be better to let the work and the work be spoken than to push forward. Some were surprised to see into the spiritual work of the Reich Security Service in all areas of life. No trace could be found here any more from an old dusty criminal police. In the strictest scientific research the foundations were developed, and then only from their knowledge approached daily questions. Now the war came, with all its many tasks in the newly occupied territories, in Poland, in Norway, in the Netherlands, in Belgium, France, Yugoslavia and Greece, but above all in Russia. It was difficult for him not to be at the front of the front line with this zealous fencer and daredevil. In addition to his untiring work as one of the most industrious men in the kingdom day and night, he took the time for weeks and months in the morning hours to gradually acquire the tickets and pass his test as a fighter pilot. In 1940 he then flew in the Netherlands and Norway as a fighter pilot and acquired the Bronze Front Airplane and the Iron Cross II. Class. However, he was not satisfied with this. In 1941, at the beginning of the Russian campaign, he flew 86