THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 740, sig. 110-5/29

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In Kaaden two dwellings had been set free. Bin of them was occupied by a family with five children. For the second dwelling a warrior widow with three children was proposed. The local group leader, pointing out that otherwise this house would become a rental barracks, tried to ensure that the second apartment was assigned to a young courtassessor with a child of half a year who could find accommodation both with his father and with his parents of vision. In Weipert, the head of the local hospital refused to give a home to a family with seven children, which had been set free in the building of the municipal health insurance fund, because, as he put it, he could not bear in mind that this high number of children was making too much use of the building. He rented the apartment, ohna to take care of the legal regulations, to an elderly couple whose son is with the Wehrmacht. This couple found the support of the local group leader and the women's association and moved the apartment also, however, diu had to be cleared again. In Duppau, during a meeting on the accommodation of a bomb victim in the city of Duppau, the local group leader, the deputy, took care that other bomb victims in the town of Doppau would not be destroyed. In this case, it was the accommodation for a totally bomb victim from Leipzig, of whom two sons have already fallen on the front. All these cases have been dealt with with with the support of the Kreieleiter in the sense of Vohnraumführung. Of the members of the Protectorate grunt, there are repeatedly complaints that numerous dwellings are still immortously in the possession of customs officials. Dicse customs officials are transferred after the abolition of the customs border, usually their families do not live in the apartments at all and these serve only for the storage of the furniture. Since these conditions are probably similar throughout the Gau at the protectorate border, it would be advisable if this Angelogenheit were agreed with the Reichsfinanzverwaltung. 5.) Gewerbegufsicht. .) Supply. The supply of brand-bound food to the population was also sufficient in January. The special allocations for Christmas had a very favorable effect. :n isolated municipalities, however, could not yet pass out due to the treejpz teehwie-rungen of the Christmas drink brandy. Dissatisfaction caused the extremely poor vegetable supply found in all circles. Astonishment aroused that even sauerkraut is not available. The supply of potatoes is somewhat satisfactory, except for the Karlovy Vary district.Al- ler however, sinige Landrats point out that within a short time the kartoff stocks are used up suin, because of spoilage and the lack of guves the potato consumption is poor. In addition, it is firmly convinced that potatoes will soon be returned to the market to an increased extent.