THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2224, sig. 109-11-25

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3. Report. Subject: Visit to Klöckner-Werke Hamburg , Gurein plant near Brno , on 28. 9. 1943. The Klockner-Weerke were sent from Hamburg to Gureine in March - April l943. The Gureiner plant is well run. The workforce: at the moment 3000 - 3500 production and construction workers of which ca looo Germans. Necessary and planned increase: on l2oo workers. There are: e/ Barracks of the Brno Armoured Works in which the majority of the workforce is accommodated, among them also separate from the Czech workers about 220 partly bomb-damaged German families from Hemburg. It is necessary to provide for a better equipment of the living rooms with bed linen and individual furniture, for sightwork / rubber boots / of women and children because of the road conditions, for a sufficient cart and lack of goods allocation / vegetables, poultry, wild. The same extent as in Brno.Cigarettes sued German women and the party's comrades for planning a housing settlement. First construction houses near Gurein for the German families in the case of 35o construction workers.Finishing of the settlement until January 1944 was possible. c/ A further l5 housing barracks for manufacturing workers are planned, 4 are set up; delivery of the rest is ensured.