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III G - Hn./Th. Annex 6 Prague, 26.1.1945 Subject: Erwein Graf N o s t i t z - R i e c k , born 17.7.1898 in Fglkeneu, Major, M Knight of Honour of the sovereign Maltese Knight Order married to Gertrude v. Borkenau, born 6.ll.l9o7 in Berlin, currently with the Wehrmacht, otherwise resident Mieschitz near Prague. Erwein Count N o s t i t z comes from the Bohemian line of the Protectorate and was owned in the Sudetengau. He is the son of the 193l deceased Erweing Count Nostitz, who was president of the Austrian Red Cross in the K.u.K. monarchy. In contrast to his brother Friedrich, the owner of Heinrichsgrün and Falkenau, who made himself available in the crisis period of the Sudeten German Empire ready for use and gladly offered himself sacrifices through the establishment of folk kitchens; Erwein Graf N.-R. is described politically and in a poor character. He had so far resisted to join any National Socialist formation except the Reichskriegerbund. On the part of the German population, his behaviour towards Czechs, which he treats accommodatingly, is particularly criticized and interpreted as wanting to secure for him the eventual case of the realignment of Czechoslovakia. His frequent journeys to the Western democracies in the time of the Republic have preserved the reputation of English-friendliness. Moreover, his strong ecclesial ties are striking. When Cardinal Innitzer came to Prague in the year l935 on the occasion of the Catholic day in Prague, he prepared a great reception in his palace on the Lesser side of Prague. He does not live on a good footing with his siblings. He entertains his only family traffic with his cousin Franz Anton Nostitz-Rieneck. He is said to be largely under the influence of his wife Gertrude, born of Borkenau.