GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 576, sig. 110-4/424

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-3 - the Imperial Hotel is gradually used exclusively for the accommodation of artists and musicians. 2. At meetings and events, 2 bed rooms are generally occupied with 2 persons, even if they are alien to each other (shlafwagen principle). This measure had many protests to the polge.- As further measures are desirable: 4. Establishment of small-pensions in large apartments. . For years, apartments in Prague have been empty, often several in one house. Their rental should not take place in many cases in the foreseeable future - for reasons not to be explained here. Even if some of these apartments were only given for a period of 6 months, an emergency furniture could be carried out with the help of the Einsatzstände II, which could, if necessary, be removed just as quickly. The administration could be transferred to people who are otherwise no longer able to work. Already l0 such apartments with 6-8 rooms would free at least 70 hotel rooms from permanent tenants, i.e. in the month 2l00 free bed days in the hotels. If such an apartment is to be rented, it is quickly cleared, since a tenant protection for the pension guests would not exist. However, this measure cannot be carried out due to lack of responsibility by IV/2. 5. 6. The Stella Hotel with .. beds has been set up by the criminal police as a Czech brothel for a longer time by N. In view of the lack of hotel space, I propose that this measure be lifted. III. In recent times, the complaints from hotel services have been increasing about the false behaviour of the guests. Unfortunately, these complaints are directed exclusively against Germans, who by far make up the majority of the non-residents. These complaints concern the same points over and over again: