THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 562, sig. 110-4/410

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IV/1 BK Prague, 29 January 1944. 13 nistera l) V e r m e r k: 31 JAN. 1944 'g. : Subject: Letter from the architect Ladisiaus Pokštert, Svietla a.d.Sasau, from 1 8 January 1984 (small sculpture "Vikto ria"). d Despite the small size of the photo, it can be seen that it is not a special achievement of an artistic kind. It is also regrettable that the above mentioned name conceals the sculptor from whom this work originates. In any case, it is the applicant's intention, with a positive response from the Minister of State, to obtain the allocation of a ceramic furnace and the approval of the opening of a plant, so as to draw cheap propaganda capital from the Assasa tadaS officers. I propose, therefore, that his letter had been sent to the competent clerk for completion. 2) IV/l bK then refers the above mentioned subject to the condition that he owns a trade licence, with regard to distribution, to the registration office for ceramics, which carries out both the artistic and price evaluation of the design. Special treatment cannot be granted in any case if we do not want to create a precedent which would result in a flood of similar products and similar requests to the Minister of State. In my capacity as a member of the registrar commission for ceramics, I have so far rejected all the designs of Czech artists, as far as they dealt with German national symbols and motifs from the Wehrmacht. By the way, in no case could I find in any case a really artistic design and a solution corresponding to the German mentality but only the intention that one from the general 1st FEB. 1944 9257 St.M.\M -18 a/44 Karteliich recorded