English Translation

- these 150 families are about 50 family heads called to the Wehr- NCB power, 6 have already fallen. Thus, according to nature, the employment of the survivors becomes extremely difficult. e Equally difficult is the appointment of the families, which are unsuccessfully conscripted without men. In this matter, the Land Office wants to strive for an exemption of the men. OS The Czechs have already shown a considerable unrest and excitement before the start of the resettlement, when the plans of their resettling were inevitably known, which then not only the refugees, but also the temporary non-participants seized, as each individual felt threatened by the measures to be taken. In restaurants, at crowded meetings, in buses and on the train, especially at the end of October 1942 the resettlement formed the main topic of discussion of the Czechs. Words were heard, such as: "Why should we relocate, after all, the ground belongs to us, we are here at Hausel", or: "We can no longer sleep for nights because of this resettling. When do we get to it when the others?" In Hollubku, Bez. Budweis, an expatriated farmer committed suicide, another committed a failed suicide attempt. 1O edoed The whisper propaganda immediately seized this opportunity OnEnUE and spread the rumor that the settlement of Germans in the area west of Budweis was not self-doad AOD purpose, but that the Germans wanted to provoke a PCO Czech uprising in this way, in order to then have the control for draconian measures throughout the protectorate Affluent however, soon reoccurred, especially the Czech pamilies concerned finally showed a similar attitude. So far no one has accepted the offer of the Land Office, which wanted to prove to the farmers concerned other agricultural holdings in other areas for rent. Even the possibility of redemption by money was used only in a few isolated cases and the whole matter was left suspended. The resettled Czechs usually did not leave their home town but settled in the same place or in the neighbourhood with acquaintances or relatives; they often made themselves successful to stay temporarily with the new German court lords as a household and to live in the household flat. b.w.