THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 109, sig. 110-3/49

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24a - 2 - VsanrtetdA aér znat . 4S- 22222 Biafeln CAO MAL E accompanied by a police officer were presented to the employment office. As it is now claimed that the relevant forces from 4 p.m. to 1 p. m. were taken into custody by the police, the first seems improbable to me, secondly, I must also reject any responsibility for the Prague Labour Office, if this is the case. I had agreed with the police president that the forces had to appear at the employment office on the exam date from December 1st at SS DOS0 mOy at 13.00 in the afternoon, while for the 16.12.ts 7 o'clock in the morning was intended. The determination of these time points was according to the departure date of the special transport train. If, therefore, the President of the Police has found it necessary to order the workers to be checked for hours in advance to the individual precincts in order to keep them there, then it is certainly not possible to blame the Employment Office for this. 80B Furthermore, I would like to conclude by saying that, in my experience, without the slight coercion exercised, the reporters would probably not have appeared to a large extent at the date of the review and would thus have jeopardised the intended purpose of a rapid and possibly corresponding quota position. B o u r g e s Oberregierungsrat." arredu mtedtm dladeeb neselenms do SI OJTOE BTO The Labour Office Olmütz reports: DOV nebnensnos iosded ak st 9588 "A total of TeRuS W 19 young people from the district of the Hauptamt did not respond to the call for a ski jump on ll.12.1944.