STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 440, sig. 109-4/185 (damaged)

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To give 20a address without a formal meeting under the direction of the Primator would have been held. Some excitement then generated in the Czechs the fact that the Czech theatre in the vineyards was excluded from the relaxation of the ban on theatrical performances. On my question in the Department of Cultural Policy of the Reich Protector, I received the information that this theatre should not be reopened. An intention that I have nothing to object to from the German point of view. However, no definitive decision has been taken on this matter to date, so that the entire ensemble of actors and the staff working at the theatre must continue to be paid. Mittelbarjäd- also financially affected by the city. I would therefore be very grateful if a final decision were made immediately in the sense that the theatre would be closed. Hh . : 56882