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Minister's Office 0f Elnp.t 2nd MRZ. 1944 DUISBURGER OORE THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL. DulsBuoRG, Prague TELEPHONE 34441 27 February 1944 Minister of State SS-Group Leader K.H.Frank 96/3 Prague Czernin-Palais Dear Minister of state! By Dr. Oehmke, I learn that you have approved the amount of up to 70 O00 RM for the necessary reinforcement of our orchestra on the letter of 3 November 1944 for the accounting year 1944/45. I would like to thank you very much for the support of our staff. For the Duisburg Opera, the subsidy granted by you, very venerable Minister of State, means not only a real value, which gives us the opportunity to improve the performance of our orchestra accordingly, but also an ideal incentive for all of us. On this occasion, I would like to inform you that Mr. Operndir.Schleuning was released for the general music director's post of the city of Freiburg at his request, which he had already expressed before the relocation to Prague. In his place was appointed by me in agreement with the city authority of the 1st State Kapellmeister of the Stastsoper Minchen and head of the opera school Mozarteum in Salzburg Meinhard von Zallinger, who will be working from the l.Sept.d.J. in the capacity as musical director in Prague. With the expression of personal high esteem I am Heil Hitler! Oryanf Her devoted A Mostn 50/2 44. π0-10±/43