THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1023, sig. 109-4/776

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As a result, Machala had already approached seizure as a native of Brno, asking him to recommend it to his parents, and had offered him a share in his business profit; at that time, Kramp had refused to do so. Soon after Krampf became an aristocrat at the Oberlandrat in April, Machala repeated his proposal and offered him a profit share of 5%. Kramp was now inclined, but said that he did not want to appear as a partner in Machala's books. Finally, Krampf, his wife and Machala agreed that Kramp should receive from Machala 5% to 1% of the turnover, in the name of his wife; for this, Krapf should introduce Machala to his well-known supplier companies, taking advantage of his duties. One of the duties of the Aryanization Division was to supervise the trustees of Jewish companies in their conduct of business. As a result, trustees looked at him as a kind of superior, and seizure knew that. Abuse of this official position, he turned to several trustees of cloth mirmes from the spring of 194 to the last (1942) and asked them to deliver goods to Machala as his "protector " orally or by telephone or in writing. On the basis of this recommendation, which the trustees considered to be the instruction of their superior, Machala received a large amount of material which he would not otherwise have received, in particular from the witnesses Gritzbach and Pauser (company Himmelreich & Zwicker), Apeltauer (company Bauer & Ornstein), Zimmermann (company Aron & Jakob Löw-Beer's sons). Once a delivery for Machala from Apeltauer failed, Krampf even called the company in person and warned Apeltauer to hurry. From this turnover Machalas Kramppf received a total of at least 600o RM as profit share, whereby the amounts were given to the name of Mrs Kramp, but almost always were settled by Kramp personally with Machala. Most of this money was put in a savings account at the First Moravian Savings Bank in Brno, partly on the maiden name 4