English Translation

31 3,1. With reference to the creditpromesse received from the Kreditanstalt der Deutschen of 7.II.1941, I asked the Mr. Gauwirtschaftsberater of the branch office in Prague on 9.II 1941 to work to ensure that the sole acquisition of the weaving mill KRAUS is made possible, which the same promised me at my audition on 28.1.1941. On 10.II.1941 the credit institution of the Germans informed me that the credit promesse granted on 7.II.-1941 was provisionally to be regarded as obsolete and Mr. Oberdirektor Kiesewetter . wished to speak to me personally. At my audition on 12.II.1941, Mr. Oberdirektor Kiesewetter told me that he was aware of my criminal record (see page 8 ), but after describing the facts, he agreed to maintain the credit commitment and to make a personal commitment to me with the Herr Reichsprotektor, that the sole takeover of the weaving mill Kraus would be possible for me, but this was not possible. on the condition that I receive a discharge from the party in the judgment ; he only said that it would have been a mistake for me to keep this criminal record from him, because if I was convicted by the Czech court only because a French Jew in the bankruptcy of my company at that time (which, by the way, was terminated by compulsion compensation) before more than 12 If it had lost 35.O0o Kč, this would certainly not have been a reason for the Board of the KdD to fail me his help, especially since he found that I have been correcting my economic relations in the last 2 1/2 years since the liberation and that I am making all the old commitments.