The confiscation of banned books in private homes was not called for, but instances of this certainly did take place, as demonstrated by a file memo from the community administration of Feldberg in Mecklenburg, in the Soviet Occupation Zone. Dated June 19, 1945, this memo records that the Mayor appointed by the occupation power ordered a house search to be carried out "in the house Sassmannshausen, Fürstenbergstrasse 11". In the course of this search, "two National Socialist books were found in a shoe closet standing in the hall of the residence of Köhler-Schücke. Specifically, and they were the book 'Brest-Litowsk' by Theodor Krüger and the book 'Kriegsdichter erzählen' [Narratives by War Writers] by August Friedrich Velmede, (...) for this reason I sentence Mrs. Hirchert to 48 hours' imprisonment. The sentence commences on June 19 at 12:00 o'clock noon and ends on June 21 at 12:00 o'clock noon. The two books found are confiscated.