THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1306, sig. 109-4/1060

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English Translation

2 The political supervision of the German nationals is the responsibility of the NsDaP, which in turn communicates with the Reich authorities - Raichsprotektor - Oberlandrat. A co-operation with the Protectorate authorities is only given where Deuteche is already active with the management of administrative units. But even in the presence of German district governors, German government commissioners decide for the obvious concerns of the Oberlandrat or the Reichsprotector. The administrative structure of the protector authorities st:mmt still sue der Zeit der Oesterreich-ungarien Monarchie and has proven itself in general. The current administrative organization corresponds to that of the Reich, if one sets district authority equal to district council, state authority equal government district, interior ministry equal Reichsstatthalter plus Reichaministeriun. When the Protectorate was incorporated into the Great German Reich, it had become necessary to set up a Reichsverwaltung / Reichsprotektor, Oberlandrite/ for the control of the internal administration-providing protectorate authorities on the one hand and on the other hand to supervise the German state members and carry out certain other abandonments of the Reich /Judenfr ge, Arisationen u.a./. Due to the war situation and the political conditions in the protectorate, the administration of the empire had to intervene more and more in the internal administration, not only through the office of the Reichsprotector, but also through the Upper Land Councils directly with the district authorities. As a result, more and more a branch-work arose in the administration, which must remain unfavorable in the long run, since the clor- ty, simplicity and prudence of the administration suffer and the responsibilities of the district heads are greatly reduced.