English Translation

Copy. Ministry of Education and People's Culture Prague, April 3, 1942. Number 38236 Copy. To Mr. Superior Minister Franz Stuchlik, Ministry for Education and Folk Culture, Prague III - Carmelitergasse 8. I ask you to hand over to the current administrator, Mr Bohumil Chytíl, the certificate of closure of the Czech Historical Institute in Rome. Furthermore, I instruct you to take all necessary measures to ensure the property of the Institute in Rome, but I urge you to contact the German Embassy in Rome before taking any measures, particularly the liquidation of the condominium in Rome. The library and the archive material of the institute are to be forwarded via Berlin to Prague. Bohumil Chytíl must be opened to the employee that his pension decree will be delivered to him directly by the Ministry of Education within the time limit. Your departure to Rome must be made immediately and, after completion of the liquidation with all speed, the written report must be submitted immediately. The Minister: i.e. signing e.h.