STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2485, sig. 109-12/132

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22a 8 - In agreement, it is explained that the standard of living in Hungary deteriorated. Dor's German guest is now emphatically pointed out that there would be no wrong conclusions from the hotel bird's perspective, because: l) if the person arriving from abroad would have higher assignments for the duration of his stay in the hotel and 2) there would have been many free meals and pleasures for him, which for the local, who takes care of himself in his own kitchen, would only be to have in the not-to-done theory, that since then also the reason why numerous families who have the appropriate income, no longer used themselves in the own household, but instead visited the restaurants in an increased extent. Some well-known plants of heavy industry have gone over to fatten pigs on their own goods in order to ensure the fat supply of their workers also in practice. Outside the management lie: fish, gamepret, poultry, offals, green mash, fruit and fine bakeries (as far as they are fed in the pastry shops). the week, multiplied by sausage at each call. The stranger, on the other hand, gets 700 gr fat: (l50 gr. weekly); bread: (something over 1 kg); flour; eggs: (currently two eggs weekly); potatoes: (2-3 kg); further peas, lentils, beans etc. II B u l g a r i n : In practice, Bulgaria has had to become increasingly fond of the hard lessons of war-based thinking in less than a year. In the past, Bulgaria had the charm of a novelty that was not meant to be completely serious, became a reality. The attitude of life had to be managed in far-reaching areas. In addition, the need to provide for the newly annexed areas, which will only yield full harvests in summer 1943, and in the end, an increasing amount of adequate supply for military needs must be driven, while Bulgaria has not so far been involved in the immediate conflict in blood and iron, but it must nevertheless keep larger sections of the troops under the flags in order to satisfy the new parts of the territory and to maintain peace and quiet in the occupied landscapes. To anticipate it immediately: State management cannot be compared with ours in relation to good functioning. On the one hand, considerable quantities of the accumulated stocks (cheese, potatoes, eggs, etc.) are continuously spoiled in the absence of proper treatment and storage. On the other hand, the consumer complains that he cannot get his proper rations.