THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 971, sig. 110-8/44

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1389 - 9 - First of all, however, the E II could still be abandoned to reduce the number of camps as far as possible by merging them. Apart from this, the camp in Prague, which mainly contains textiles and which is housed in barracks in the middle of the old town (at the fruit market ), would be as safe as possible for flying and fire.orx In this context, the idea of selling the camps as a whole to the party or the NSv for i for use for air victims could also be considered. Although this would allow for the quickest liquidation, there should be serious concerns about the implementation of the proposal. First of all, it would be difficult to ensure the necessary influence of the Ministry of State e in this case and, in the event of an emergency, it will also be possible to think of supplying Czechs. Another question is whether, not in the case of an emergency, the party from the camps has certain parts for distribution to German. Bomb-damaged persons from the protectorate are assigned. . = An early utilization of the furniture warehouses could also be carried out by the liaison office. The E II furniture and furnishings are imperial property and the administration and exploitation of such property is primarily the responsibility of the property office. This possibility is only considered in the alternative LoW aOMTees peesp ML ao peec After the statements of the members of the E II, there are no objects of art or furniture of special importance for the Bohemian Moravian region in the camps. According to my findings, this exception is likely to be of major importance, but I was unable to detect such objects when I visited the largest camp (Swimmau). In order to be sure of this, it would perhaps be useful to issue a special order to check the camps for items which, in the interests of the Bohemian-Mauritian region, require special treatment. "In summary, the E II can be said with the greatest effort until 3 June 1944 71898