GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 697, sig. 110-4548

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19a - 2 - detained in a concentration camp, but had to be released on 16.1.1943 for impunity. The wife of Svoboda, Irene Svobida, née Stratil, wrongly received a pension for her husband in the amount of K 2,176,- in the period from June 1939 to October 1941 inclusive. The Ministry of Social and Health Administration and the former Ministry of Commerce could not be established. Officials have been deceived by fake signatures. The wife and her relatives were allowed to pay because the postal services responsible for paying the postal cheques failed to comply with the existing regulations and paid the pension to the brother-in-law or the father-in‐law of the Svoboda. The wrongly paid amounts ran to a total of K. 59,773,80. At the instigation of the Reichsprotektor, the Ministry of Transport (Postverwaltung) held the responsible postal operators responsible for disciplinary proceedings by the postal directorate in Brno. After that, the postal employee Josef Mi hel was reduced by 10 % to the duration of a year, the post clerk usually. Antonin Fo jta ch with a reduction in the enjoyment of rest by 10% to the duration of 3 years, the post assistant Rudolf Hy ž da l, with a fine of 22 K. and the postman Rudolf Mitt ag with a penalty in the form of a warning. The reimbursement of damages by all parties concerned is made from Sept. 1942 in regular monthly repayment rates to 500 kr. I return the there operation St.S.IV P - 15/43 - a total of 14 sheets -. 72242