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Annex 4 III G - Hn./He. Prag, 9.II.1945. 6 a Betr.: Envoy a.D. Dr. Ferdinand M a_r e k, 11 born 25.1.1881, residing in Prague I1, Felsergrund. M a r e k stamt from an Austrian civil servant family. After the end of his gtudium, he was secretary of the foundelskammer in Brno. After his overthrow in l98 he opted for Austria and was assigned to the Minister of Commerce in Vienna. In 199 he was sent to Prague to initiate economic relations as a representative of the nandelsministerium and later to the diplomatic service. M. was initially Chargé d'Affaire, later a delegation councillor and finally an envoy of the then Austrian Republic. In his situation reports to the Austrian delegation M. M. was also associated with the anti-German Central European plans H o d ža s. It has also been shown that M., as an Austrian envoy, sent a telegram of devotion to the Austrian colony in Prague directly before the connection of the Ustmark to the empire to Schuschnigg. After the integration of the Ostmark, Marek asked the Office of the Foreign Office in Vienna for permission to maintain his place of residence until his personal circumstances had been settled in Preg. M. Obviously, by leaving his residence in Prague he wanted to avoid the possibility that he could be held responsible for his anti-rich activity in Prague. Marek played an important role in the liberal German society Frags. In particular, the wife Mareks, who is Jewish, gave the social manifestations of the M. her corresponding note. After the liberation of the Ostmark, M. divorced his wife. His wife is supposed to stay in Switzerland today. After his departure from the diplomatic service M. was very withdrawn, but switched to -2-