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

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0S - 2 - In Jitschin it was complained mainly about the lack of vegetables and potatoes. From Königshof, OLB. Kladno, it was reported that in the poorer layers due to the current potato shortage, the allocation of bread for the current supply period had already been used up on 5 September. People usually have no choice but to steal potatoes in the surrounding fields. In the vicinity of Beraun, the farmers complained about the enormous rise of the field thefts in the last weeks. In Schüttenhofen, OLB. Klattau, recently thefts of potatoes and vegetables appeared in an increased mass, using the darkening, which contributed to the concern of the population, especially since the Czech gendarmerie has not yet managed to capture even one perpetrator. In Zlin, in farming circles, there was a complaint that large potatoes had to be excavated now, although they had not yet grown up due to the bad weather so far and thus caused great damage to the farmers. When the Büügermeister was attentive and asked to inform the district authority of this fact, he rejected the proposal with the remarks "That is what the Germans ordered and therefore it must be done" . Likewise, the German-friendly innkeeper Franz Szuglik from Schönlinde, Bez, complained. Ung.Brod, that although he owns only 4 hectares of fields, l30 kg of potatoes were required for delivery, while a relative of the mayor, Josef Hompola, who owns more than 15 hectares of agriculture, had to deliver only 90 kg. In Boskowitz, OLB. Brno, the district authority has given to the individual municipalities of its area the order to start already with the delivery of the potatoes. The-affected municipalities have been forced to harvest,