THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 775, sig. 109-4526

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7a The city council would be dissolved and the German-national mayor deposed, upon which he died.My new boss was the presiding mayor Petrovsky /Gewerbepar tei/ at the head of a colorful mixed city council of Marxists, Christian socialists and members of the trade party. Petrovski was already twice in police custody. I do not believe that these gentlemen have remembered me in good memory, since since October 1933 I led the SdP in Gablonz and the mayor and city council were my political opponents. 3./ Since l935 I have worked as a deputy and Kreleiter exclusively for the party.As my supervisor and servant, Konrad Henlein is to be considered from then on, and you as his deputy. 4./ My current employer is the trustee of the company. J.Riemer A.G.,Papiergrosshandlung,to which Staffen recommended me and which treats me as his private secretary.I don't know whether his service certificate is valid much,because I only work with him for four weeks./Certificate copy is included/ I have requested P70 in Prague for a police management certificate, was referred to the Landrat of Gablonz, 96024 who has now sent my application to the police president in Reichenberg again.I assume that it goes from here to Berlin and calculate with a duration of at least four weeks until completion. I have now done everything I can to obtain the testimonies, but I have two concerns.I fear once that the Gauleiter will refuse to issue a testimonial at all, or, if he issues it, that in it the "defiled shield of honour of the Sudetendeutschtu iuid" by the A