THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1123, sig. 110-11/61

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Division Pinanz VII e - 2206 - 15. Ministera 23 DEZ 1943 a M-Obergruppenführer Minister of State Frank. Subject: Request of the Gauobmann of the DAF Alois Forst for lease of the light play theatre "Lido" in Königgrätz of 24. 9. 1943. Reference: Letter of 16. 10. 1943- St.M.XI B-334/43-. The Department of Cultural Policy, which is responsible for the admission of applicants for light play theatre and with whom I have made the agreement, has with scream= ben of 7. 12. l943 informs the following: "The light seized and collected by the Reich = play theatre companies are currently captured by the Bohemian Moravian Film Theatre Society for this purpose and kept there ready for the war-worried. According to an order made by the Minister of State, this can only take place after the end of the war. In view of this circumstance, Forst has now withdrawn his application for the purchase of the light play theatre "Lido" in Königgrätz. As a substitute for this, he received the light play theatre "Viktoria" in Pardubitz, which was freed by the Bohemian Moravian Filmzen= trale. I wrote by Gauobmann Alois Forst at St.M. X 9-334/43