English Translation

CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRY Prague, 12 March 1943 FOR BOTH AND MEN x THE PRESIDENT Mr Duiu dez Sian caer b h Ministerial Councillor Dr. G i e s In Bohm . 1t0 aheen. Eing. 13. MRZ.1943 Prague I V. Czernin Palais Subject: Armaments production of Junkers works in the textile factory Josef Sochor, Königinhof a.d.Elbe. The Junkers-Werke, Dessau, for the purpose of expanding their production, use the abandoned textile company Josef Sochor in Königinhof and strive to acquire the entire plant for sale. Since it is to be expected that Berliner Stel- en will approach the Secretary of State on this matter, I would like to state in the following the state of negotiations and the reasons which speak against an unconditional sale, so that, if necessary, the necessary documents are available to the State Secretary. The company Josef S o c h o r , Königinhof a.d. Elbe, was one of the most modern textile printing plants in the Great German Reich. The company consisted of a mechanical weaving mill of 586 looms with modern weaving preparation, a film and machine printing plant, as well as various textile finishing divisions. The company employed 1,238 workers and 164 employees in 1939 and achieved a turnover of ll million crowns. The products had by their special equipment world- e s Ta e t de Muyg 112.1.14.72.49 mn 2r.arh 1√M-257 b/410.w.