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of the German Workers' Party Mational Socialist The Head of Prague IV, March 13, 1942. dee Parteiberbindungsstelle Burg bei Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren Fernruf: 60951/55 Da Caa sjek.etürs The permanent representative. o-0.0iekn O0D in Uühmen and Mähzen. To the Eing.° 20. MRZ.1942 Office of the State Secretary 0O z.Hd. Prague IV, NOU Czerninpalais. VB/U-5000 Subject: Aryanization of Eduard Ernst Essler, Spinning, Brno-Obersess. On the letter from the Under-Secretary of State, which was submitted to me for an opinion, concerning the Aryanization of the company Essler, Brno, I can now, after careful examination of the matter, state the following: The party liaison office, in agreement with the Gauwirtschaftsberater of the Gauleitung Niederdonau, has declared itself in favour of the application of the honorary sign bearer and SA standarten- führer Ferdinand_ Kö f e r. As the supplements show, Köfler undoubtedly has the best possible political leadership certificate. The opinion of the Vienna district management on the applicant B a y e r l merely states that there are no political and character concerns against Pg.Otto Bayerl. From a technical point of view, Köfler can by no means be described as a non-specialist, as the dejudgment department of the Reichsprotektor does. He has been directing the Atzgersdorfer mech.Weberei for three years, in which he is involved with 25%. By the way, he did not acquire this business share by dejuda, as is stated. Rather, the dejudgment was carried out by the control bank, from which Pg. Köfler purchased his share of the business. The applicant Bayerl, on the other hand, acquired his cloth factory in Linz through Arisation.