GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 766, sig. 110-5/56

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Annex ? III G - Hn./Schg. Prag, 29.1.1945 14 Subject: Herbert Graf S c ha l le n b e r g K ras s l , born 29.3.19ol, married to Adelheid, divorced v. Halem, born v. Waldthausen, born 17.7.19o7 in Buenos Aires, residing in Prague XVIII, Nussgartenstr. 4. S c h a l e n b er g is the owner of the company "Petzold" in Prague. He is considered very wealthy. In his first marriage, he was married to the daughter of the former German envoy in Prague, Koch. However, the marriage split very soon, as intimate relations between Countess Schallenberg and the then legational secretary of the German legation in Prague Dr. Siegfried Freiherr von B i br a became known. Since l939, Graf Schallenberg has been married to the cunning wife of the representative of the head of the Protocol at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, H a l e m . Graf Schaellenberg is known as a monarchist and used to traffic Jews during the system time. Through the mediation of his father-in-law K o c h and with the support of the then Austrian envoy Dr.M a r e k, he became Austrian Consul General in Prague. According to a report presented here, he exposed himself to the Patriotic Front at the time of the connection of the Ostmark and distributed leaflets of the Patriatic Front from the car to German troops marching against him. Graf Schallenberg has good relations with the Prague diplomatic corps and the Ministry of Economics and Employment. He stands in particular with Dr. D e n l e r and Dr. J a is l e in connection. For a short time, Count Sch., who had moved in as a motorist, has been put back to work.