Berlin, W.8 Vossstrasse 6, 20 April, 1941 The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery.
RK 204 B Secret
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At present Fuehrer's H.Q. Mail to be sent exclusively to the Berlin address.
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The President of the Secret Cabinet Council. Received 23 April, 1941. . enclosures.
To: The President of the Secret Cabinet Council Reich Minister Freiherr von Neurath.
Subject: Air raid shelters for the official residences of Reichministers.
Reference: Letter of the Reich Minister for Finance of 10 April of this year. LU-4760-490- I Secret.
In order to be able to arrange for the appearance in the budget for the financial year 1941—Single Plan I—of the means required by the Reich Minister for Finance for the purpose of building a shelter on the property in Berlin occupied by you, I request you to communicate to me as soon as possible the expected amount of the expenses when doing so. Please indicate the street and house number of the property in question.
[signed] Dr. Lammers.
Berlin W 8 Vossstrasse 6, 8 April, 1942 ^ The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery.
* RK 4768 B
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The President of the Secret Cabinet Council. Received 11 April, 1942. enclosures.
To: The President of the Secret Cabinet Council, Berlin W 8, Vossstrasse 6.
Subject: Budgetary material for the financial year 1942. Reference: Letter of 29th December, 1941.
The Reich Minister for Finance has agreed that the budgetary
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needs announced by you for the financial year 1942 be shown in Single Plan I.
I therefore have no objections to having the necessary expenditure granted—even before the establishment of Single Plan I— within the limits of those amounts, namely:
For personal administrative expenditure up to 28,500 RM For official administrative expenditure up to 25,500 RM
Total 54,000 RM
By order
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Berlin, W.8. Vossstrasse 6, 30 September 1942 The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery.
RK 13666B
Letter of Authorization
The President of the Secret Cabinet Council is hereby authorized to issue orders of payment in October 1942 within his administrative sphere of jurisdiction to the debit of the financial year 1942 up to 2700 Reichsmarks.
By order . .
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[Stamp] Reich Chancellery.
Berlin, 8 January, 1943
Office of the President of the Secret Cabinet Council.
To: The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin W 8, Vossstrasse 6.
As a result of the terror raid of the 23rd August, 1943, the official residence of the President of the Secret Cabinet Council, Reich Minister Freiherr von Neurath, in Berlin-Dahlem, Rheinbabenallee 23, has been damaged and become uninhabitable. A thorough repair of the rooms has proved to be impossible at present. The Reich Minister is therefore living until further notice in Leinfelden on the Enz, post office Enzweihingen (Wurttem-burg), from where he continues to conduct his official business via his office in Berlin, Vossstrasse 6.
The drawing of the contributions for heating, hot water, and electric current consumption has been discontinued as from October, 1943.
For the restitution of the contributions still paid for the month of September 1943 under Chap I, Par. 2, 1.1 for hot water
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and electric current, a total of 28 Marks, an advice note will be sent to the Reich Treasury.
The three servants' quarters in the basement and the garage have remained habitable, so that there will be no change there.
[signed] Koeppen
Berlin W 8, Vossstrasse 6, 4 March, 1943 The Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery.
RK 2657C
[Stamp] The President of the Secret Cabinet Council
Received 8 March 1943.
To: The President of the Secret Cabinet Council, Berlin W 8, Vossstrasse 6.
In reply to your letter of the 12 February 1943, I beg to inclose herewith the letter of authorization for the month of March 1943 —Financial year 1942—and would add that the Reich Treasury [Reichhauptkasse] has been advised accordingly.
Of this sum is intended:
For personal administration expenses 600 RM For official administration expenses 2,000 RM By order
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Berlin, 20 April, 1945
The President of the Secret Cabinet Council.
In accordance with the comparative scale drawn up by the Reich Building Office, Reich Minister Freiherr von Neurath has to make a monthly contribution of 16 RM for the electric current used in his official residence at Rheinbabenallee 23, Berlin-Dahlem. A total of 48 RM is therefore due for the months of January, February, and March 1945.
In agreement with the Reich Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellery, the Reich Treasury is hereby advised to accept the sum of 48 RM and to enter it as a credit under Chap I, Par. 2, 1.1 of the Administration receipts of the ordinary Budget for 1944.
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To the Reich Treasury.
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Letters and memos concerning budget authorizations for von Neurath's expenses as president of the Secret Cabinet Council, including an air raid shelter, official expenses, and personal expenses
Authors
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
Koeppen (amtsrat; office of the Secret Cabinet Council (under von Neurath))
Koeppen
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 20 April 1941
Literal Title: Subject: Air raid shelters for the official residences of Reichministers.
Defendant: Constantin Neurath, von
Total Pages: 7
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3958
Citation: IMT (page 12370)
HLSL Item No.: 453631
Trial Issues
Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I… Administration & organization (all cases)
Document Summary
PS-3958: Correspondence between the Reich Minister and chief of the Reichchanclery and the Reich Minister von Meurath, President of the Geheimen Kabinet tsrat, showing expenditures for Neurath in this capacity