English Translation

REICHSNÄHRSTANDSVERLAG G.M.B.H. Blut und Boden Berlin N4, Linienstraße 139-140 . Call:Collection number 416651 To the head of the publishing house Reichsprotektor für Böhmen und Mähren and chairman of the management e.g. by Mr. State Secretary SS-Obergruppenführer Frank Prag, Burg. Berlin N.4, August 9, 1943. Highly esteemed Mr. Secretary of State! The current situation in Berlin should be known to Jhnen. Mr Backe, Secretary of State, attaches great importance to maintaining the capacity for action in all circumstances, bearing in mind the fact that the Reichsnährstandsvergabe works exclusively for the promotion of agricultural production, market supply and market regulation. When we have found suitable opportunities for the publishing house to continue work, mainly outside of the country, the accommodation of book production, book publishing and book distribution with a staff of between 30 and 40 is still open. The head of our branch in Prague has already made contact with Obersturmbannführer Wolf and Oberregierungsrat Zankl, and it has been possible to accommodate the part of our publishing house mentioned at one of the Novina printshops outside of Prague, especially in Königgrätz. Please obey to take account of the extraordinary difficulties and to give your consent that the urgent work mentioned above can be carried out in the Protectorate, in Königgrätz, between Jungbunzlau, Prerau, Deutsch Brod and Strakonitz. RB-No. 0/0250/84225