English Translation

Brno,31.Jänner 1940.45 Erich Sturm, Inepektor der Nationalbank Brünn, Reicheltgasse 49. Herr Ober-Governmental Councillor Dr. Giess, Prague. 1/ Referring to your consultation with my brother Oberltnt.Dr. W. Storm I allow myself to report: a substantial change in the purely national National Bank has not actually occurred since the March break; a naive review of the facts, not even a future adjustment, characterizes the institution and its employees. The branch of Brno has more than half German parties, (all party-, Wehrmacht-, Verwaltungsstelle), but apart from me and B.Scholz, which are completely cold, only mostly poor German-speaking, mostly chauvinist officials, former legionaries, which often intimidate the German parties during brusque spells. This explains that even the employees of German banks prefer to speak Czech. Recently it only happened again that the money messenger of the Oberlandratamt, party comrades with visible badges at various counters, spoke Czech. He said that, despite all this, he was only being approached and handled Czech by the various counter officials, so he was simply forced to speak Czech. When NSKK opened a current account at the branch, his administrator was forced to talk Czech to each other about the understandable handling of this matter.