THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 158, sig. 110-4/3

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15 - 2 - The return of these customers is hardly to be expected. From its current customer base the German farmers from the Volksinselgemeinde Sollowitz make up about half. It is known, however, that after the war the daughter of the municipality head in Solloitz will open a corresponding shop in Solowitz. Then the farmers there, even with the greatest national political insight - as it happens now under such arguments - should no longer be expected to accept a path of 5 km back and forth for their purchases. Thus, almost certainly in the foreseeable future, half of his customer base for Elster would fall. For this purpose, the increase of Germanism in Triesch cannot provide a substitute as quickly as possible, since the possibilities for re-establishment seem to be exhausted and a growth of the German group in Triesh is likely to take place more on its own and in longer periods of time. In order to provide immediate support to Elster, it is therefore necessary to create a situation which, for imperative reasons of national policy, also forces the Czech element in Triesch to become its clientele, and this could be achieved by the allocation of a strongly increased alcohol quota. When examining this question, it was noted that in the letter from Group II/2 the Secretary of State was reported to Mr Elster's alleged basic quota of 150 litres. However, this contrasts with the fact that even at the time of the 100% fulfillment of the contracts, Elster had never been more than 47 litres available, which consisted of direct own allocation and 30 litres of the now liguided Jewish wholesale Kraus, but since the last restrictions, now Elster has remained only 2 litres for production and 3 litres of cowardly spirits, with the