THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 334, sig. 110-4/180

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Division III Prague, 19th October 1943 Ministerial Councillor Dr. Heckel III - 122-346/43 Praitu Ltee gen e'orpoper Tov2* goulietda L022. 0KT 1943 28 Original ITG-JSS-teE Mr. Ministerial Councilor Dr. G i e s in the house after information had been sent back. Staff I had been assigned functions which were largely within the scope of the Monument Offices in Prague and Brno under Division III, but which had not been fully completed due to lack of suitable forces. So my request is not about the attempt to win a new job for the ILI department.saA The department's area of work includes the supervision of the entire art property in the Protectorate. This task can only be performed if .the department with the memorial offices is involved in the SLSRE ceb carrying out all conversion= and inventory work in the 1S castles, all the more so because these works cannot be carried out without the co-SVTL-EO effect of the monument offices. Since the former Rinnebach deployment unit worked closely with the RET Ge III division from the outset, greater inconsistencies, C00 S as initially feared after its establishment, could be avoided. The creation of a special arrangement for the continuation of the work of the Staff I would mean that a new department, composed of experts and equipped with an office apparatus, would have to be set up to carry on the work carried out by the Staff. In Prague and Brno, the necessary experts - mostly Czech forces - are now available, since the construction activity has declined considerably and the staff of the monuments have therefore been released for admission= and inventory aids. It would therefore be most appropriate to leave the functions of the staff, which, as mentioned above, are in any case part of the work area of the memorial offices, to the monuments offices. I would like to take these aspects into account in the planned regulations. In any case, the 83200 participation BWMNAA St. M. VA-551a/43