English Translation

St.S. IV J - 37 b/42. Prague, 23 August 1943. V 1.) PS: P09s00P 2 3. VIII, 1943 Urgent! Immediately present! C Ma to To Mr. Reichsminister Dr.Goebbels, Berlin. DEsase Very revered Mr. Imperial Minister! As Reichsbeauftragter für die Heil- und Pflegeanetalten Ministerial Conductor Lindens from the Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior) reported to my office to discuss the question of the reception of mentally ill people from air-threatening regions of the Reich, in particular the capital of the Empire, in institutions of the Protectorate, and to convince themselves by sight whether the density of evidence of the institutions of a Protectorate permits such a shift. To this end, I would like to inform you that, in order to free the most urgently needed hospital space, I have had healing and nursing procedures in the Protectorate cleared out and that the occupancy in the non-cleaned anatals is at present so strong that an increase for sanitary and security reasons cannot be held responsible. It is important to note that the protectorate for the admission of German mentally ill people due to the situation in the institutions are located in the purely Czech settlement area. In addition, in the case of the highly pronounced whisper propaganda of the Czech population, the fact of the transfer of the mentally ill would be known in a short time and would lead to rumours which, in their impact, neither