English Translation

The State Secretary for Tourism Berlin, 29 June 1944. Behrenstr.14/16. at the Reichsministerium für Bollsauftlärung und Propaganda FV 12410/16.12.43/92-1,11. To the Supreme Reich authorities. Subject: holding of larger meetings in foreign transport communities. It has been customary to designate as places for larger meetings and meetings of tourist communities. As is well known, the commercial accommodation space in the tourist communities is largely used for public purposes for military purposes, for the sending of children's land, for relocation of hospitals and the like. The remainder is reserved for recreational travel (front leavers, arms industry, the sick, etc.) which is important for the war. There is only a very small number of beds available for transit. As a rule, it is therefore not possible to hold larger meetings or meetings in foreign transport communities because the participants cannot be accommodated. This applies to places of recreation as well as to larger cities, and in particular to Berlin, which has experienced such a reduction in the number of beds as a result of the recent air raid, that general passenger and professional traffic can only be handled with difficulty. I would therefore ask you to refrain, as far as possible, from setting up meetings and meetings in the future, especially in the case of meetings with more than 20 participants. If the holding of a meeting at one of the places in question cannot be circumvented for special reasons, I would ask that instructions be given to the subordinate services to ensure, at a meeting with more than 20 participants, in advance of the agreement of the local tourist agency, which, in accordance with my instructions, has the commercial accommodation room, and, above all, to establish that: