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104 THE OBERLANDRAT INSPECTEUR OF THE GERMAN STATE MINISTER FOR Bohemia and Moravia BUDWEIS, 15 May 1944. Act. Signs: II/1 - 24. POCSE - In the case of letters of reply, the reference number must always be indicated. To the . Eing.: 18. MAI 1944 Mr. German Minister of State oa if oa for Bohemia and Mähren about the head of the Ministry of Prague IV Czernin-Palais. Subject: Wenzel B a n s e t, Swietla a.d.S. Appendices: 1 The defence worker Wenzel B a n s e t, born on 2.2.195, suffered an accident at an armaments plant in Bremen-Vegesack in 19942 due to the explosion of an incendiary bomb, which caused him to lose sight of one eye and shortly thereafter also lost sight of the second eye. He is now completely blind and, after the accident, receives a pension of around RM 3o,- monthly, since this pension cannot be considered sufficient, my predecessor was already trying to enable him to operate a tobacco crime. By order of the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia, the Lm Finanzlandesdirektion in Prague has allocated a monthly share of RM 5o,- in a tobacco wear in German brod. In view of the strong rumors about the Czechs' employment in the Reich, I believe that 44.duitng, particularly in rural areas such as Ledetsch, where such cases are soon widely known and discussed, cannot be regarded monthly RM 8o,- as sufficient compensation for a complete blindness suffered during the recruitment operation and such a slight compensation is propagandistically bad. iaeg fedend I therefore propose Banset for the receipt of a one-year or better running money support by the German Minister of State. Mn According to the written information provided by the security service RF4,SD service Budweis is Banset po- litisch 12(}- UrbR bo75, 912 St. M.X1 -180/44