STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2691, sig. 109-12/339 (damaged)

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-+ 133 people, this would have been created today, even from the singularities of all the working estates, an institution which no other state of the earth has to have, but which would have made it possible indiscriminately for every creator, whether state or private civil servant, craftsman, agricultural or factory worker with his 50th birthday. This would have been the best guarantee for this state. Then, in memory of the war, there would have really been only a few idealists who would not have agreed with this new home and the assured, quiet evening of life. For these few, one would not have had to build fortifications, just as one would have found from the outside no reason to criticise the local conditions.The "Island of the Seeligen" would have become a reality, Switzerland could not have compared with it at least. However, how different it has happened. A chain of disadvantages for the Germans began. The war loan, drawn by the Germans in the old Üesterreich to a far greater extent by the interpretations in the Old Uesterreich in a far larger extent than by the Czechs, was declared worthless. The nationalization of the private railways, the dismissal of almost all Germans from the state positions, occurred if they did not speak the Czech language or, according to the examination officers, did not master enough. Tens of thousands flew with it on the pavement. The expropriation of 1,700,000 ha was largely carried out by German landowners in the German language area and the distribution to Czech legionaries and other Czech applicants. This led to the return of German goodsmen, foresters and workers to their jobs. There were the transfer of Czech officials to the German territory, which gradually led to the turning of the national key into the opposite. in a city with 10 or 20 % Czech minority of 10 officials would be 8-9 German and 1 - 2 Czech nationality, but today almost everywhere the reverse is the case.