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

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- 35 - 105 B.) Sächliche Ausgaben 1) House repair Wenceslas Square 58 /Sokolgasse 54 When the interim management of the ground office was established in June l939, the office rooms of the office in the houses Wencetslas square 58 and Sokol- street 54 were in poor condition. For this purpose, the condition of the upper floors of the house Wenceslas place 58 can serve as proof of the need for repair. The completion of a renovation of the houses was urgently necessary. 106 However, the way in which this work has been carried out up to the intervention of the interim head of Group VIII - Finance - M-Sturmbannführer Baumann can be described as unique. Although Group IV - Construction Department had enough skilled staff, the then interim head has the competence of the then presiding head of group I, Pg. Willi-Botho Bicker knew by all means to prevent it from having the slightest influence on the forgiveness of repair and repair work. Pg. Bicker and his colleagues were supported in this attitude by the personal speaker of the commissioner's head, #- Standartenführer Hammer. In principle, the House of Wenzelsplatz 58 is not the property of the Land Office, but of the Ministry of Public Works. Instead of giving up the desired work to this Ministry for implementation, the responsible co-workers of the Commissariat have the