THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 980, sig. 110-8/53

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1237 Prague, 2 October 1944 eb ne nedterdoe eth eueb Ministerial Office To tetdolrey DA Head of Ministry, Elg:ed s1. NOV. 1944 Ministerial Council Dr. G i e s Betr.: Delimitation of the responsibilities of the OT and my department for constructional emergency measures after air attacks As I learned from a telephone call from the Oberland- ew Council inspector in Iglau, OT Group VII sent the letter of 27 October to the Upper Land Council inspectors in Iglau, Budweis and Pilsen as well as to the mayors in Olomouc and Moravia- Ostrava. After that, the leaders of the immediate measures should be assigned to the construction industry to assist them in carrying out construction measures after air raids. The ordered measure does not only belong to my competence, but has been provided by me from the very beginning by the appointment of construction specialists to the staff of the managers of the immediate measures. Thus, the order of the authorized general for the regulation of the construction industry of September 7th 1974 does not bring anything new for the protectorate. The letter of the Einsatzgruppe VII, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bau dated 27 October 1944 was discussed by the Einsetzgruppe ViI on Saturday 28 October 1944 with the cooperative of the builders in Prague - a Utraquist organization - on the basis of a meeting of Mr. Lustik and was issued by this cooperative under the letterhead of Einsaetzgruppe Vli, Arbeitesgemeine Bau with the signature of the managing director of the cooperative. On 30 October the cooperative was also instructed by Mr Lustik to ask by telephone the persons to be referred to by the Oberlandraten and Lord Mayors, since an immediate notification to Berlin was necessary. Thus, dfe Of draws on utraquist genomic organs for the management of its own services and lets them use their letter heads. Only on Mon MO 2