STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 596, sig. 109-4/343

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99a The files were then forwarded by the Transport Group to the local department with the remark that in the Old Reich according to the decree of the Reich Transport Minister of 30.8.35 the Jews, as long as the use of public transport means is not legally forbidden to them, the associated enterprises (such as In addition, the display of signs in the waiting rooms, etc., such as "Jews unwanted" was not permitted afterwards. In order to adapt the rules in the Protectorate to the legal situation in the Old Kingdom, I have therefore requested the Council of Ministers Bureau to regulate the use of the railway farms in the same way as in the old Kingdom. The Council of Europe Bureau has therefore revoked its original order of l7.l0.39 with Erla3 of 23.l2.39 to the national authorities. This has already brought about the uniform settlement of this issue, which has now been guaranteed by the department there, and I cannot see any need to change the order made on the basis of a decision by the Secretary of State, quite apart from the fact that I am not in a position to do so on my own. In my view, it is appropriate to apply the rules which have been adopted in the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of the establishment of a permanent police area, which may be of an inconsistency in nature, but which are not and do not have a decisive impact on the environment.