NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 109, sig. 110-3/49 Page 43 · 43 of 113
THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 109, sig. 110-3/49
English Translation
-234 to the ski area only in the hours after midnight. Dr. Teuner, who was to take part in the visit, was already there half a day earlier, to inform himself about various details, especially about the health condition (he is a doctor). This all happened after my consent. So if Holik has gone, then he is at his disposal. I myself believe that this journey of Holik, together with Dr. Teuner, was decisive for the preservation of the health status of the ski jumpers, since I have not yet been informed of the shortcomings of Dreßler in this area. On the spot, the visit was made very skillfully. The Czech authorities have spoken to the young people and have declared that the minister wanted to come, but that he was prevented from doing so and that he would soon catch up with the visit. Only the Prague of cigarette distribution is open and one can of course argue that Holik was not justified in distributing the cigarettes. As I had to comment on the question of the visit of ministers and the distribution of cigarettes in the short term, I no longer had the opportunity to determine whether there were any of the cigarettes that were originally concerned, so I assumed that the minister would take them away from here. That is why I had proposed to distribute only 5 pieces per man. Now, on Friday evening, Brurner called Dr. Holik in Brno and told him that not lo, but only 5 cigarettes may be issued and that the remaining cigarettes that are still below must be returned to the Prague office that provided them. Holik Brunner laughed at that on the phone. That's right, because the cigarettes were already down in the individual shops and the ski jumpers knew that they would get them on Sunday. They also have them lying there all week. It is therefore nonsense for Brunner to give that cigarettes have to be sent back to Prague. This would undoubtedly have led to a revolt in the camps, so after the whole situation, there was no other choice but to distribute the cigarettes simply. This has happened in the name of the Minister. Of course, one can also be different from the Minister, all the more so as the Minister; if he still drives in about 1 4 days, he has to bring something with him again. -3-