Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 161, sig. 110-4/6

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86a 156 The Reichsführer Reichskommisfar for the consolidation of German folklore 10 Commandments for resettlers 1. Before you start with the packaging of your objects, think carefully about what seems worth taking with you and what you can do to get rid of your housestand. 2. Before doing so, make a plan on how to pack your things best. If possible, consult a forwarding specialist. Avoid the packaging of highly flammable and fire - dangerous materials, they endanger not only your property, but also the property of other settlers. Place small objects in solid containers in such a way that the containers are fully filled so that the objects can be firmly held and do not slip back and forth during the trans port. 4. Glass, porcelain and slightly fragile items wrap individually with paper, wood wool or hay, pack fie in boxes with solid wood cover and do not forget to fill out the corners especially well, carefully nail the boxes so that the objects do not get damaged by your nailing. But you must not nail the boxes too much, since they have to be opened again at the customs inspection and then be nailed properly. 5. For each transaction, make an exact directory in duplicate so that you know what is packed. Put one on top and keep the other one with you. Write also your name and your address. Your containers name outside with a serial number, your first and last name and your Kennummer. 6. Try to overload as little items as possible. Bundle things like spades, harpsichords, umbrellas, sticks, etc. 7. Cabinets, chests, boxes and hand over all the locks of your freight forwarder, as he needs them to the Jollbefchau. Documents, passports, IDs and otherwise hard-to-recover documents will be kept with you. 8. Pack food supplies into a box and label them with »food«. It is best not to pack perishable food and do not take it with you if you do not yet have an apartment in the Reich. 9. Make sure that when you arrive in your new home, you have not exactly packed what you need most. 10. If things have been lost or damaged on your transport, get the necessary evidence immediately. If you are not aware of the need for the first three days of your stay in your home country, you will be able to obtain the necessary proof immediately. Contact your receiving forwarder and the processing office responsible for your district for moving property damage of the South Tyrolean Umsiedler. What damage will be saved? The German resettlement trust company m. b. H., Berlin, as commissioner of the Reichsführer fz, Reichskommisfar for the consolidation of German ethnicity, has in respect of the moving property belonging to the South Tyrolean settlers, which of railway stations of the Italian provinces of Trento and Bolzano, the provinces of Belluno (refederation area Cortina d'Ampezzo) and Adine (replacing area Tarvis) as well as other railway stations in the Italian mother country and for the