STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 595, sig. 109-4/342

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134 Copy. 207./Pol.Rgt.Mähren 85 Iglau, April 15, 194o.Bo.- Police Regiment Moravia, Brno.Betr.: Situation report for the period from April 1-14, 1 9o. 1.) Behaviour of the civilian population: a./ German population: The population of the people of Germany is actively complaining about its bad economic situation; these complaints come in particular from the workers, employees and civil servants of the German people. It had probably been generally expected of the latter that immediately after the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the wages and salaries of the workers and employees and civil servants would be very broadly aligned with wages and wages of the empire. Since this has not happened in the expected mass, there is a certain disappointment in broad circles of the people of Germany. Businesses complain that they are disadvantaged by distribution companies over the Czech shops and that they systematically boycott them, especially in the scattered German areas, by the Czechs; Czechs are to buy from them only if the Czech stores do not carry this product pp. If the goods required are no longer available in the Czech shops. The behaviour of the People's Germans towards the Czechs was not generally to be expected, attacks are only exceptional. As has already been mentioned several times, the sacrifice and donation joy of the people of Germany is very great; this is best demonstrated by the very favourable overall result of the war winter relief plant, which reached the sum of 1oo.ooo RM in Iglau. Also in the metal donation for the birthday of the leader the peoples of Germany participate very actively.