English Translation

5. Reputable people, because everyone knew that the ever-lasting monetary difficulties had their cause not in little diligence or inability, but in the machinations of cartels and big capital, which were quite openly meant to destroy the small enterprises. Especially in the textile industry, Judaism was dominant in industry, but mainly in trade, i.e. in its customers. My company's products were well-known and sought both domestically and abroad, were sent to the farthest overseas countries [and were awarded at numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. The economic conditions described here became even less favourable after the world wars in Czechoslovakia, where Czech and Jewish companies could not only enjoy the destruction of German property without hindrance, but were directly supported by the state. There is no need for any further explanation at this point, because you, highly esteemed State Secretary, are better known than anyone else as the former political leader of Germanism in the Czech state. My company had no war profits, the operation stood still in the world war and the total circulation capacity was invested in war loan, which became completely worthless. But especially in the cotton industry and of this particularly in the Kattun printing industry the conditions for the middle and German enterprises were unusually unfavourable,