STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1521, sig. 109-4/1275

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0 28 - 2 - The Skodawerke are the work of German Fleisses and Unternehmergeistes.- Emil Ritter von Sk o d a war ein D e u t s c h e r and d e ut s c c h was at that time also the leader of the work and the greatest part of the civil service, the same was also the St a d t P i l s , which since then has received its stamp mainly through the Skoda Werke.- This must be emphatically This is because this fact must be the basis for all efforts for reparation; it deserves to be emphasized also because the Czechs try to stamp Emil Ritter of S r one of their own, which also explains Czechs in a Czech way of name and company Skoda.- During the World War the number of Members of about 8 ooo and 34 ooo in the year 19 of the Germans represented about 25 % of the civil servants of the workers.- The Oberleitung de werke was then in Vienna, in the hands of the young Under the pressure of the Czech government Baron Karl von Sk o d a had to hand over his stock pacts to the French armaments company Schneider-Creuzot, which in addition to the