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

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VI. The order for confiscation is issued on the basis of the order of the Prime Minister, General Feldmarschall Göring of 19 October 1939 — St. M. Dev. 9547 —. This order is issued by a further order for convict of 5 October 1939. Paragraph II of my order of confiscation of 1 December 1939, concerning the seizure of objects of artistic or cultural value, is supplemented as follows: 4. All objects and accessories with accessories, which are used to preserve (preserve) the materials and collections in their scientific development, develop, promote and store them. This also includes objects of a purely scientific, medical, technical and agricultural nature, i.e. not only of an applied nature. 6. All items listed in paragraphs 1 to 5 above, as far as they are also located in all schools, in particular in high, middle and specialized schools. II. I request that the seizures be carried out immediately. 1 per impact of the seizure execution protocol must be sent to 1. the Reichsssicherheitshauptamt, 2. the Prof. Dr. Heinrich Harmjanz, Berlin-Dahlem, Pücklerstraße 16, who has been appointed general trustee for these assets as the representative of the President of the Research and Teaching Foundation »Das Ahnenerbe e. V.«, Berlin Dahlem. His representative is the managing director of the research and teaching community »Das Ahnenerbe e. V.«, Berlin-Dahlem, 4-Sturmbannführer Wolfram Sievers. III. As far as archives, documents and libraries are concerned, further instructions of the Reichsssicherheitshauptamt must be awaited before submission to the »Ahnenerben e.V.«. Care must be taken to ensure that the confiscated archives, art objects, etc. are kept in suitable premises.