NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 884, sig. 110-7/46 Page 8 · 8 of 89
THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 884, sig. 110-7/46
English Translation
The 9th November in Munich (DNB.) Munich, 9 November. he et In the struggle and work of the German people for victory in the capital of the he movement also the 9th of November belonged to the mind of those who gave their lives for the new Germaniand in the place sanctified by the Novem -1. On the Munich North Cemetery the victim of the men and women who had fallen on 8 November 1939 to the criminal attack in the Bürgerbräukeller was honoured. Orders of honour of SA, NSKK, NSFK, the Political Leader, HJ and the marcher of 9 November had taken place in front of the decorated burial place. Gauleiter Paul Giesler, os accompanied by Kreisleiter Lederer and General ke der Polizei, -Obergruppenführer Freiherr ist von Egerstein den Großen, laid down one of the four marchers of the 9th November 1923 laurel wreath of the Führer at the grave of these victims of enemy pits -1u. At the memorial plaque for Theodor Casella ate and Martin Faust in the court of the General Committee, Lieutenant-General Count, in charge of the Deputy Commanders General of the VII Army Corps and Be- pu flawed in the Wehrkreis VII, laid down a wreath for the honorable memory of the two German men who had for w Germany's renewal and freedom. In the name of the Reichsführers, Reichsminister des en Inneren Himmler, F-Obergruppenführer ler General der Polizei Frhr. von Eberstein laid down a wreath. At the memorial, where the first 16 National Socialists sealed their loyalty to leaders and empire through the dedication of their lives in 1923, there was solemn silence around noon. The population surrounded the wide square in front of the memorial. Honorary delegation of SA., NSKK. and NSFK., Political Leader and HJ. had taken place before the e-monial, when leader Paul Giesler, head of the Oberkom- en mando of the Wehrmacht, Generalfeldmarschall en Keitel, and leader of the upper group and general of the police Freiherr von Eberstein, met and saluted the first blood witnesses of the movement who had fallen at this point before the memorial. From the nearby court garden 6 16 salutary shots announced that 16 German ss of men had sacrificed their lives 20 years ago for the rise of the Great German Empire. The flags had lowered it as and the guard moved the drum with a muted sound, while Gauleiter Paul Giesler en e the wreath of the Führer and Generalfeld marshal Keitel laid down the wrench of the Wehrmacht m en at the memorial. Ceremonial highlight of 9 November in Munich was the honour of the first gifts for the new Germany at their last resting place. 20 years after her death, at the same hour that they had fallen, Gauleiter Giesler, in the eternal watch, was in attendance.