Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Under instructions from his senior officer "SS Obergruppenführer" Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Spacil entered the new Reichsbank building in Berlin on 22 April 1945 "removing at gunpoint jewels, securities and the last remaining foreign exchange assets held in the vault, valued altogether at 23 million gold marks." The foreign currency was later valued at approximately US$9,131,000.