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

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The German Minister of State mBepnßleicbsprotecterm Prague IV, September 1943 for in Bohmen and Moravia Fermeprenhanechldese: Prague 80141, 31045, 800st, 84458 I RV - 7130 Kondon der Obarhnsse: 1) To the General Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reighs in Berlin Subject: Confiscations from the sector of the authorities Reference : Letter of 1.9.1943 - I Ra 173/43-270 The confiscation of Arfang September took 68l men out of the public administration in Bohemia and Moravia. This is about 5% of the front-useable conscripts of the 1897 and younger years. In doing so, I ask you to take into account that some of the managers on all Gebiten belong to almost exclusively these vintages, since the establishment of the Protectorate was usually only assigned to younger forces here and after the outbreak of war, despite my numerous efforts, I could no longer succeed in exchanging them to the necessary extent against older forces.Also, there are no more retired officials available to me here.Also my efforts to receive war victims from the Wehrmacht have unfortunately not led to any tangible success S In order to fulfil the September quota, it was already necessary to release staff members in.Leadership and key positions for confiscation, without any replacement for them. Although I have been aware of the greatest technical concerns, I have taken care to ensure that first and foremost the central and medium-sized authorities have been used for the levy, I nevertheless have not allowed to avoid weakening the administrative front in some places, even though every loss of a