A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2725, sig. 109-14/27

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Gauleiter Jury commented on the Czech Trade Unions: "I left the Czech trade unions in place at the time," and concluded that "the party has a fundamental right of leadership over the Czechs". The decree of the Führer, according to which the Reichsprotektor is the only representative of the Fuhrer in the Protectorate, while the Gauleiter is responsible for the care of the Germans, was commented by Gauleiter Jury that this decree had come about under other conditions at the time and should not be taken literally. There are not two types of party and the party has everywhere the leadership claim towards the state, i.e. also in the protectorate. The Reichsprotector has the executive, of course, but this does not change the principle. As soon as after the meeting, I received statements which concluded that Gauleiter's jury deliberately wanted to give all those present the impression that the party also had the political primacy in the Protectorate, and that the political initiative which he started was the only decisive factor for the Protectorates. 7.) Gauleiter Forster visited the Gaues Oberdonau in May of the year in southern Bohemia. In Linz he gave a speech to the political leaders of the Gaue on questions of velkstum. Gauleiter Eigruber then took the floor, stressing, among other things, that he considered Gauleider Forster's folk methods to be good and that he would use the same methods if the Budweiser area could be integrated into the Reichsgau Oberdonau. He would also not be able to imagine how one could still tolerate bilingualism.