GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 963, sig. 110-8/36

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299 canals, the example of an LS cover pit in the "determinings for the construction of LS-covering trench" - version March l943. The construction of the canal (profile 1.90 x 2.l0 m) would be recommended for the following reasons. 1.) the project has been approved, 2.) the necessary building expenses from funds of the country of Bohemia is approved, 3.) part of the canal is already completed, 4.) the excavation of another part is already finished, 5.) building materials and labour force for the further expansion pas danratnon There are therefore 93o persons to be accommodated in the case of day-fly alarms, for which protection possibilities are currently not available in the nearer surroundings. As regards the previous report, I note: 1.) The accommodation of the bedridden seriously ill persons on the ground floor of the sick persons has not yet been carried out to the full extent, as this, according to the reports of the doctors, results in various technical difficulties. 2.) The location of the buildings of the German University Hospitals is extremely unfavourable, as they are located in the middle of the narrowly built urban area; furthermore, the individual buildings of this hospital are close to each other, so that there are no free spaces between the pavilions. In view of the air hazard of this hospital, it would be urgently necessary to move a part of it outside Prague. 3.) In Pavilion XIII, 4l infected persons are currently subject to infection; the normal covering of the infection department is 7o beds. For these patients, special LS rooms must be created, the 67563 V -g-