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4-Oberführer Dr.B e r t s c h Prague, 8 April 1944. Minlstera An Eingt 11. APR. 1944 M-ObergruppenführER Minister of State F r a n k. Betr.: Umbrella industry in the Protectorate. Reference: Jhre request in the house Luckwald on 6.ds.Mts. The umbrella industry in Bohemia and Moravia employs in l2 enterprises l06 workers and the craft in 65 enterprises 70 workers. With this staff, beside the running screen restorations, approximately 1 50 O0o screens can be produced annually. The screen makers were allocated 330 O00 m of screen material in the period from 1 January l943 to 30 September l943, of which more than 1/3 was processed for repair purposes. In the first 9 months of 1943, a total of 1 000 shirmes were produced in Bohemia and Moravia. Larger stocks of shielding materials are not available.The continuous production of the textile industry will be assigned to shielding producers. Therefore, it is not possible that large shielding bearings are located in the protectorate, at least not from a production of this area. o A 1RRS /8T 4/1 t+/92-11