English Translation

Copy. The Head of the Department of Prague, September 25, 1944 Cultural Policy IV/1 c = 5410 To the head of the linisteramt -Standartenführer Dr. G i e s im H a u s'e . Subject: Special grant for the Düisburg Opera for the accounting year 1943/44. In view of the particularly high expenditure incurred by the city of Duisburg as a result of the transfer of its opera to Prague, H-Obergruppenführer F r a n k had at that time agreed to pay a special grant of 35o.ooo,- RM from its special political fund. In this sense, during my stay in Duisburg, I made a general commitment to the Lord Mayor to provide me with proof of the special expenses incurred. This proof has now been given. Referring to my meeting with Landrat R t t i g e r, I ask that the letter I intend to send to the Mayor of Duisburg be accepted and that the payment of the 35o.ooo be made. - RM can take place immediately after the outcome of this letter: "To the Lord Oberbirgermeister of the City of Duisburg zu Hd. by Mr Stadtrat K i n d Duis burg Betr.: Grant to the Duisburg Opera-Year l943/44. Reference: Your letter dated 25.8.1944. Taking into account the invoice deadline I am now prepared to pay the city of Duisburg the special grant of 35o.ooo.- RM for the budget of the Duisburg Opera, I stress that there is no legal obligation for this payment, but that it is done voluntarily in recognition of the performances of the opera during the past season in Prague. This payment also does not compensate for the not yet notified grant of the Reich Minister of the Interior, whose