STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 444, sig. 109-4/189 (damaged)

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N -4- suitable housekeeping with the lost means of living, household maintenance, etc. To control the activity, German and Czech inspectors are appointed to inspect them for reasons of trust. German inspectors have to monitor compliance with the non-political activity. B) The peasant organisation does not need any vertical adjustment. Its horizontal structure looks like this: In the village a local farming association is formed, the chairman is elected by the peasants. The local associations are merged into district associations, the district chairman is also elected. Thus the guarantee is given that they are trust holders downwards. The functionaries are voluntary. In the Oberlandrata districts, full-time district secretariats are formed, the actual professional work is carried out and organized in the district and local associations. The top is an agricultural regional association with elected working committee and regional chairman. The two Czech regional cultural councils are assigned as advisory bodies. The organization remains independent and is not subordinated to the agriculture ministry. The work itself is also controlled here by a German liaison office of the Reich Protector to the peasant organization. Task of the organization: advice to farmers in the economic field, implementation of rational agricultural working methods, health and safety at work, application of the latest findings in the agricultural field, production of the farmer -5- 009 1