English Translation

Group ECONOMY Prague, 7th October 1940. Senate No.: II/l Jd. - 34107/40. l. V_e_r_me_rk: Subject: Dejudgment of the K.André Bookstore, PRAg I., Bergmannsgasse 3. The investigation of the department IV -Kulturpolitik- regarding the professional suitability of the applicant Detlev H e r b st , son of the owner of Moritz Diesterweg's publishing bookshop in FRANKFURT a.Main,provided: "Mr. Det Lev Herbst, the son of owner of the Moritz Diesterweg publishing bookstore in Frankfurt a. Main,Erich Herbst has been a trained bookseller and for many years worked in his father's business. Most recently, he was managing director of the bookstore F.B. Auffarth in FRANKFURT a.Main,Roßmarkt ll, a bookstore which employs 26 employees, i.e. is comparable to the bookshop André in Prague in size. Mr. Detlev Herbst is therefore likely to offer the professional prerequisites for a takeover of André's bookstore. This was also expressly confirmed to me on request by the Reichsschriftskammer in Berlin." 2.) To the Secretary of State K.H. Fr a n k , im___H_a_u_S__1 on the basis of the request of 23 September 1940. tin. by. ienke Ct. S.Il 35 l. 2/70.40.