THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, INV. 1490, sig. 109-4/1244

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h8 - 3 - In the OLB Jitschin there is a strong increase in the trade in food products. Poultry is not available in free trade. In the northern area there are cases where motor vehicle owners from the Reich area buy everything at overprices. In Blanz/OLB.Brünn/ the supply of bread to the population is called into question. In Skutsch /oLB Prosnitz/, a baker didn't sell bread for two days and incriminated this with a lack of flour. In Brno, it was criticized that nursing and expectant mothers did not receive the usual allowances in the Old Kingdom. In Lomnitz and Eibenschütz /oLF Brünn/, Jews buy poultry at price. The rest of the population goes out empty. In Göding /OLB Brünn/ the need for wheat is covered with only 55%. In Gaya /oLB Brünn / lack of flour. In some oits of the OLB Mähr,-Ostrau repeatedly bread is not available. In Blanz /OLB Brünn/ a whole week was not to be obtained as a result of flourmangel. In Wostratschil /oLF Kiattau/ the baker Gruml can no longer sell biot for 14 days, since he allegedly gets no flour allocated. From Taus /oLB Kiattau/ there are complaints about too high potato ad c d d sch/oLB Pilsen/ causes rumors of an abundance. Mass slaughterings are spread, vegetables are grown in Zu-