THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1779, sig. 109-5/7

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24 - 3 - The main reason for this is obviously the further deterioration of the nutritional situation in the protectorate, which is mainly due to the extraordinary potato deficiency, while at the same time scarcity and quality reduction of bread and flour and reduction in production. As a direct consequence of this -5 [.2 Jrf], there has been an increasing unemployment in many industrial and agricultural enterprises in the Protectorate and a considerable decline in performance in some 12. In some cases, temporary stoppages of work occurred in factories which were important for the war, all of which were justified by the food situation. The review k of the individual cases showed that the complaints brought by the workers had to be widely regarded as justified. The danger of further strikes is therefore buitr as/omoudantef asthmpamenpodropapande ind ind during periods of poor supply despite the - 4 -