STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2522, sig. 109-12/169

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48 Absehrift! Z-Bau 3 P r a g , 17 October 1942 B 118/42 /1332 Büen da: G.aa:sTgkretars Lo Fem p geh.oe 1./ To the in Duhmnuno Mähcen. Central Administration, Eing.: 20. OKT.1942 Czernin-Palais. Subject: Air protection measures in the upper sightless in Jungfern-Breschan. On the basis of a recent inspection of the building with the officer responsible for carrying out the air protection measures of the commander of the police order, I shall send in the annex a list of the absolutely necessary air protection equipment not to ask for further cause. The visit showed the following result: he For the inhabitants of the castle and the family of the gardener, the cellar exit offers sufficient protection without taking any significant construction measures. It is necessary to set up simple benches in this room, which can accommodate about 1 2 persons. As an emergency exit, only a shaft for the coal cellar, which flows directly into the open air, would have to be uncovered. It is intended to carry out these smaller structural measures when the Secretary of State moves back to Prague with the arrival of the cold season. However, it is necessary to provide the air protection equipment mentioned in the installation already now. Vie mir bekaunt, can be removed from the air-protection equipment of the Czernin Palace without further making this necessary equipment available if difficulties arise in the case of other purchases. For the staff of the barracks, a splinter-proof accommodation in the side staircases to the gallery of the chapel is possible, without taking major construction measures. The old walled underground passage from the chapel to the upper castle, according to the gardener, has collapsed over a large distance in the park and is likely to be so moist in its still accessible parts that a use for health reasons is not acceptable. 1 Attachment. Commissioned by: Potlmeler gez. rittmeyer 20 St...x1-28^{/43