THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 398, sig. 110-4/245

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18 July 1944. The German Minister of State. St. M. 377/44. √ Convening of executives from the organizations of the commercial economy; here: Wehrpfliohtiger Fritz Arnold, Prague. Born 1908. There. Letter from the 2.5.d.Js. - Sign Ib/E Uk.6. 2.) To the Wehrmacht authorized to the Reichsprotektor and commander in the Weirkreis Böhmen and Mühren, Prag. Since it was also not possible in the time of the Zwiachen, to find a replacement force for the Wehrpfliohtigen Arnold and to work in, I ask again for the Uk position, because I cannot do without the named from numerous serious cortmden. l.) Arnold is head of the Association of Carpenter-Genossenschaften in the Protectorate, which includes ll.O0o enterprises. At the same time, he is Deputy Head of the Central Association of the whole craft trades in the Protectorate. 2.) Arnold is also Deputy Director of the Production Committee for the entire woodworking trade in the protectorate. 3.) Arnold also heads the Central Office for Handicraft Operations on behalf of the Wehrmacht (delivery of barracks components, aircraft parts, sohlittes, wooden wagons, etc.).