English Translation

Jafuin Prague, 24 May 1943. L Ja.7s. wam I. .masm Betr.: Implications of the last confiscations of Deutsche me in the Protectorate. Until 21.5.1943 I was able to find in many places that the effects of the confiscations of the German to the Wehrmacht in the Protectorate have in some places created a popular political state, which may be serious attention. I was pointed to this circumstance again and again both by wealthy administrative authorities (e.g. the Ober- Landrat in Moravia-Ostrava), as well as autonomous government and municipal representatives (e.g. German government commissioners as well from the party side. As regards the internal area of the security service, whose work is essentially dependent on the help of volunteers, I have been repeatedly reminded of the state of affairs which has been particularly affected by the recent and imminent confiscations. After all this, the last national political activists, especially in the Czech province, seem to be missing out on securing the space in all its areas of everyday life. I have the impression that this is even more valid for Mihren than for Bohemia. As an example, a war-important company in the production of ammunition, which has only 2 Germans at 4oo employees, who are to be brought in soon; the Czechs are therefore completely without any control in the documentation of this war-relevant company, while until now the mere existence of only German staff members created the Czech the permanent feeling of ongoing factory control. Equally worrying are the effects in almost exclusively Czech municipalities of the province, where the only thin network of reliable, old-established German people is to be completely eliminated. Especially this seems to be affected by the Oberlandrat district of Iglau,