THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 398, sig. 110-4/245

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Apart from the fact that all my previous attempts to use suitable older or otherwise non-combative substitutes have remained rather unsuccessful, no equivalent replacement could be created by the acquisition of new officials from the realm, who are completely alien to the local space. On the contrary, politically inexperienced or cumbersome officials can easily become a burden for the political leadership - especially in times of crisis. In detail, I can now give you a brief picture: 1. The entire internal administration of the countries of Bötmen and Moravia is now controlled only by some of the officials of Germany. The transfer of German tasks to the autonomous administration, which is acting as Reichsauftnagsverwaltung für une, is almost completely carried out. Thus, it was possible to achieve that in the entire Zetral instance of the internal administration (State Ministry and Autonomous Ministry of the Interior) today only 16 officials of the higher or elevated middle service are still active. Only 26 German officials work in the Prague State Authority as a medium-sized institution with a staff of around 166o. On the administrative front, i.e. with the district authorities, only the most important offices are now occupied with government councils. From numerous lower administrative authorities the Reichsauftragsverwaltungen wiëder had to be removed and individual German district heads were transferred to the management of several district main teams. A German district head of the Protectorate has comit without German substructure districts with 200-300,000 people to administer responsibly. This apparent weakening of German supervision leads on the Czech side to a strengthening of internal resistance and increased sabotage at the orders issued by the German leadership. The branches of the internal administration are largely faced with insurmountable difficulties. It is understandable that the control of the disease risk in order to avoid the most unpleasant consequences for the food situation can only be carried out urgently. 2. Whereas up to now the school administration has tried to avoid the closure of German schools by merging school classes, increasing teaching obligations and reducing school closures, it was necessary to start the closing of German Schools after the current education campaign. In view of the excellent expansion of the Czech school system, these measures represent a political danger not to be underestimated in every respect; because school closures - carried out in front of the eyes of Czechs - strengthen the sense of victory and the defensive power of Czech chavinism. The seriousness of the staff situation has even been considered to allow Czech teachers to teach at the German schools in technical subjects (mathematics, physics, chemistry). Moreover, it was difficult to prevent the third largest library of the Great German Empire from coming under purely Czech leadership.