Germany's MINISTRY for Chechnya and Moravia, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 870, sig. 110-7/32

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The head of the Prague IV command post, 20 February 1945. Bows and Moravian Tuscany Palace, Tel. O93, the Reichsjugendführung Kl. 3437, Kn./De. inlete 90 FEB 1045 V e r m e r k for the I chief of the ministry, SS standartenführer, Herrn Ministerialrat Dr. G i e s ', Prag IV. Czernin-Palais In a letter from the General Plenipotentiary for the C A CS, it was expressly pointed out at the order of the Führer and the Reichsführers-S that the placement of bars of the troops transferred to the Reich area in castles, recreation sheins, accommodation establishments, etc. is inadmissible and that the accommodation must be followed in the field. In Kolin, within 48 hours, the Katschina Castle (KLv), the apprentice's home, had to be vacated. The projects in Kolin are still not completed. In each house, there is only a pre-command who is busy with the facility. Despite the construction ban, a series of walls are broken through in the school home to create new doors. The furniture left by us in the house has been partly removed from the house and used for the furnishing of accommodation and other houses. The valuable wing of the home has been transported into a lobby and is located there with broken legs high-edge. In contrast to earlier times, the house already makes a strongly taken away impression. From Königgrätz the Bannführer informs me the following: The youth residence Königglätz, Pospischilstr., is occupied with 150 war engagements. 85 more pätze has the Bannkührer the district captain to the B-egung y 1A-151/4^{2-}