English Translation

59 - 7 - took this path and the Gestapo requests that my plan be approved. So far I have remained unresponsive. In this connection it may be stated that the provision of sports grounds for Germans has now entered an acute stage. The HJ will be provided with a number of designated places for certain hours. The German youth playground at the Kaisermühle is to be directed at the expense of the city. Because of the assignment of the Kaiserwiese for German purposes, I wrote directly to the State Secretary and also asked Dr.Grund of the Office of the Reich Protector to do everything possible to win the Czech Ministry of Labour, to which this meadow belongs, for this plan. I think this object is extremely important because its acquisition will eliminate a lot of difficulties. For us Germans it remains important that the Hetzinsel should finally be expanded in the modern sense for fruitage purposes. Above all, the city plans a large bath there connected with an indoor swimming pool. For no less than 8ooo people a bathing opportunity is to be created. This would benefit above all the more German-determined neighborhoods Holleschowitz, Bubentsch and so on. -It should also be noted that now the Deutsche Bücherei has moved to the new space. This month, for the first time, certain requirements from the Wehrmacht have been imposed on the city because of the accommodation of incoming wounded soldiers. I have arranged for two pavilions of the Masarykheims to be provided for this purpose. - Cooperation with the State Planning Commission is still narrow and fruitful. State Councillor Niemeyer reports to me about the becoming of the individual large projects such as railway stations, underground railway, Reichsautobahn, bridges, green areas, re-presentative buildings and so on. We have just agreed with Klapka that a rich German specialist Mattern is being used for a purposeful and far-seeing green space design in Prague. We want to anchor it in a certain contractual relationship in the city, by which it is given the opportunity to exert the greatest influence on our parking office. In order to avoid projecting work for new buildings, which then have to be rejected by the planning commission for certain reasons, a construction consulting office is to be located at the city.