English Translation

Secret! High Command Heeregruppe Mitte H. Qu., 16.2.45. Commander headquarters Br.B.No. 5o/45 go. with 1 attachment. 1612 An hrkreis-commandshaber Prague, U-Stab e.g. Mr. Maj-Gen. v. Briesen The Lord Commander-in-Chief has ordered that for security reasons the parts of the commanding staff in Kolin be brought together as closely as possible. In the previous housing arrangement, consideration was given to evacuating as few families as possible. It was primarily supported by the active participation of the district captain on schools and other public objects. By the new arrangement, it is necessary that the district governor. The following objects are suggsessively released in the course of the conversion. These objects are available as temporary accommodation for the evacuated families, unless a different accommodation within the local population can be found via the district captain. The rooms not used for the rearrangement of the faemilies are asked to continue to be available as reserve quarters for management staff and affiliated units via the site's oldest. It is HJ-Heim at the Wasserturm Jugend-Wohnheim II Hotel Volkshaus (Lido) Realgymnasium u. Mädchen-Hauptschule Hotel Central Hauptschule i.d. Maria-Theresienstrasse Orphanage Villa Velletowski (in view of the OB-Haus) is asked to request the re-location of the families according to the attached list as soon as possible and to seek the cooperation of the German State Ministry and its subordinate departments, since the Lord Commander-in-Chief attaches importance to the immediate implementation of the plan. 1.2.4 u-Hal pdB/ Major u. Kdt.H. Qu. th 63402m :in