STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1461, sig. 109-4/1215

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- 3 - III. General. The deputy head of the IX. Section of the Land Ministry of Economic Affairs, Prague # Oberführer von Gott- berg, after a discussion with the then Kommis - sarean head of finance of theIX. Section, 4 Hauptsturmführr Helmut Her- zig, with letter of 7 July, left 6 of the compensation fund were transferred from the balance with the Zemská Banka , Prague, to the Bohemian Escompte - Bank, Prague , to a new deposit - account, to 3 3/8 % Zin - sen, fixed for 90 days, K 30.000.000.---. This account bears the name "The commissary head of the IX. section for soil reform / Ministry of Agriculture / , compensation fund account ordinario . " 7 At the same time the opening of a debitor - account called " The commissarial head of IX. Section for soil reconstruction - Ministry of agriculture - account separato " was requested. For this account 4 Hauptsturmführer Herzig was entitled to sign alone. 8 The deposit account of the compensation fund is liable for the account Separato in the amount of the respective debt balance plus interest and fees. On 1 December 1939, the secret file was sent to 4 Sturmbannführer Baumann and prompted the bank to send the correspondence relating to the Separa- to account to the hands of 4 Sürmbann- führerbaumann.