English Translation

The head of the division I Prague, October 1944 I 1 b F 8160 Minister Office Eing.: 12. OKT. 194 Subject: Support Maria B e dt oá,MährischOntaau, for her son who was killed by bomb terror. Originally presented with 1 sheet SS-Obergruppenführer Staatsminister Fr a n k with the following report and the request for a decision: The application of the Oberlandrat inspector in Moravian Ostrava of 19.8.1944, Dr. Ko./Ge, goes far beyond the framework required by the provisions. According to the provisions of the Wehrmachtfürsorgungs- und -sorgungsgesetz, German parents whose sons have fallen before the enemy as soldiers receive parental pension for the duration of need only if they as father the 60th, as mother the 50th. The same provisions of the Wehrmacht- fuersorgungs-und-Versorgungsgesetz also apply to the compensation of personal injury according to the personal injury regulation. In the case in question, they are unlikely to apply. Furthermore, the parents are still entitled to a funeral allowance. However, since the son who was killed in the terrorist attack on Leuna was undoubtedly buried within the framework of a joint beering organized by the municipality of Leuna, the funeral allowance should not be used in full by the community of Leuna. In the rest of the Reich, it is hardly conceivable, as I am told by the General Unit V2, that after the death of a son on the front, parents receive such a high subsidy from public funds or such a large advance on benefits to be received from public resources under the Wehrmachtfürsorgungs- und Versorgungsgesetz. I therefore propose that Maria Bestová be granted a one-time allowance of the amount of the appropriate and necessary expenses incurred on the occasion of the death, in which case the sum of 400,-- RM would already be the ceiling. Treoos Ohresen the l4a 6 0L 10 St.M πy-51^{ a/44