Germany's MINISTRY for Chechnya and Moravia, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1090, sig. 110-11/28 (damaged)

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+0230 7.4.1944 NR.1532 2 BGWD/TOBIAS+ 20.2 1532 St.M. XI A - 111/44 g. Prague, April 7, 1944. Secret FS: Secret! With G-remote writer! To the Reichsführer/ und Chef der Deutschen Polizei, Feldkommandostelle. Reichsfuhrer ! Located in Kohlfelden - at the southeast exit of Prague - there is the possibility to install one of the most important armament productions in the existing rock area. A prerequisite is the construction of the rock area - on the basis that reliable companies take over the drilling and installation work. To this end, about 500 men are needed as auxiliary personnel, which I cannot put out of the local space. In view of the fact that priority arms production is to be started, I ask you whether there is in principle the possibility of placing 500 concentration camp prisoners in Kohlfelden. I would inform you of the time of the operation in good time. It would be possible to accommodate the prisoners in the immediate vicinity of the rock area without contact with the civilian population. A suitable piece of land is available, which could be secured by barbed wire and watchtowers. The prisoners themselves would live in military tents on straw in a kind of camp. The solution of the accommodation M9 question is so favorable for the locality that I would have no doubts in taking in foreign-völkish prisoners from Ale Semsdureiben. I would be grateful if you would inform me of your opinion immediately. Heil Hitler! Always your F r a n k M-Obergruppenführer.