English Translation

172 Group LI/2. The Commissioner for Livestock Agriculture, Prague, 28.10.1941. Confidential! No. 3 AEEE BHEHHAE on meat supply. - 1.) The meat supply of major cities and industrial areas: According to the report of the association, the 15 slaughter cattle markets will be fully supplied during the week from 27.10. to 2.1l. In the week from 13. -19.lo. the markets and distribution points were fully cared for. Since in the week of 20. to 26.10 subsequently compulsory deliveries were not demanded, the supply was probably also this week perfect. 2.) My beers from 22. -24.10. I visited the slaughter cattle markets and livestock distribution centres listed in the enclosed overview. I also examined the meat supply of Eipel in counter- warts by representatives of the district authority Nachod, the municipality of Eupel, the butcher's cooperative and the two German business leaders Vitje and Ronge. Since the statements about the protection of the animals in the Xxv.period differed, I let the slaughter protocol take into account and found that if the slaughters needed 13,726 kg, the meat actually gained 699 kg, with the counting of the offals and heads yielded about 12,800 kg of slaughter. I ordered a detailed study of the allocation of meat to consumers and, through the Oberland- rat, had a food committee set up in the municipality of the city, to which Germans should also belong. The supply of the industrial area Nachod-Eipel-Königenhof offers special difficulties, because in this area 268 people live on the km (average of the protectorate 152), the down-to-earth agriculture in the mountain