Germany's MINISTRY for Chechnya and Moravia, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 441, sig. 110-4289

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Copy Housing Management Office at the Ministry of the Interior Prague IV Castle, Central tract, I. Stock Prague. l3Sontami 1944 Msnmn /T Eing.: 16. SEP. 1944 Comment E Subject: Meeting with the head of the Min. Counsellor Dr.Gies on 12 May 1944 1) The immigration from the Reich is prohibited in principle, only officials, officers and persons in the armaments industry are allowed to move to the Protectorate if there is a removal order. Bomb victims only when they go to relatives to the protectorate. 2) The many relocations within Prague must be stopped, which is not important for the war. Such requests, mostly to obtain better, larger apartments in a more beautiful location, must be rejected. 3) In response to my question whether, in urgent cases, I could access the 1 50 dwellings reserved for the Minister of State, MR. Gies decided that empty housing must be permanently available for the Secretary of State. 4) On his behalf, I should ask the MR Dr. Maurer to hand over the So 5 apartments all to me and to keep the keys at my office. Furthermore, new apartments must come to my office (according to the adjusted ones). It must be avoided that other places in turn purchase a stock of apartments and forgave them independently. It was an explicit mandate from Mr. Minister of State. 5) To the Bdo Berlin, address: SS-Groupführer and General der Waffen-Ss Frek Berlin, SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamt, Berlin-Lichterfelde-West, Unter den Eichen l28-l30 is to be written and asked that of the 70-80 apartments which are to be kept free for the Bd0 Berlin, the 3o apartments in Prague be transferred to my office. The remaining 40-50 apartments in the Protectorate e.g. in Budweis, Pilsen and Brno, the Bdo Berlin may initially remain reserved. ./.