English Translation

Minlsterarnt Elng.: 2 3 FEB. 1945 ZmG REPORT on the situation in industry in Bohemia and Moravia. Minist Eing.: 14. MRZ. 1945 Iron-making industry The iron-making works of Bohemia and Mähren are: 2el ironworks Witkowitz Prague iron-industrial company Os chiknd Jao Poldi-Hütte 22 Karlshütte Aktiengesellschaft formerly Skoda-Werke Eisenwerke Witkowitz girer ale have already steamed 2 blast furnaces and shut down the large SM-steel furnace. Reason: insufficient coal supply due to transport difficulties. (Karovmr kadle.) Coal consumption: daily around l.6oo t. leis Currently it is produced: 40.000 t pig iron ..... 2.000 t ...... Electrical steel 52.500 t SM-steel 28,000 t rolled goods (brakes, shian, sheet) 7,000 t rolled products (half-finished products) In contrast, the following quantities were produced on average monthly during the previous unlimited operation: 60.000 t Pig iron 80,000 t SM and electric steel together 50,000 t TMZT Daie Eisenwerke Witkowitz are major defence programs in the following sectors materials suppliers: 1) Pig iron and steel raw iron for all steel plants and foundries (such as BMM and Skoda) Tank sheets Shipbuilding material Tubes (seamless and precision steel tubes / pulled/) Floor steel $1\K- 3{145 St.M.