THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 108, sig. 110-3/48

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10a - 2 - JOMTSMOM TONE In the other areas of operation (Potz-Neusiedl, Prellen- kirchen and Schönabrunn) the visitation committee ZAE WAL mission offered a much different picture of the stinmung and attitude of the employed. In Potz-Neu siedl for example, the Czech young people employed there praised the good accommodation. In Prellenkirchen and Schoenabrunn, where Dr. Theuner had already sunk the day before with the greetings of the home country, even after the held appeals before the visiting commission, there were preliminary talks.The speeches, in which recognition for the SOC work was paid, were received favorably by the S employed there. The obliged persons showed themselves to be very satisfied with the assurance that, after the prescribed work had been done, they would be able to get back home. After the speeches, the Czech young people greeted with a spontaneous "Vudci zdar" and sang with enthusiasm Czech nid folk songs. The groups set up in Schönabrunn, who brought the least complaints, had even studied a twelve-trophic parody, which ironically + signposted the ski jump operation. The lack of doctors had a significant effect in the field of application. For example, instead of the intended dispatch of eight doctors to the operating groups, only four were used, none of which is an internalist. Furthermore, there is a lack of medication, since of the 14 boxes brought with them in 13 watts would only be contained. In three cases, young people who had been infected with pneumonia were not even helped by the simplest means. As far as cases of disease were concerned, 23 cases of dysentery appeared in Potz-Neusiedl. A man was shot, another vieg became mentally ill and committed suicide, a third died of appendicitis and the fourth died of severe diarrhea. 52461 =La HX-2 110-3-48