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

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VhV - 2 - reveal in individual points an ultimately non-moderate thinking and adhere more to the thought FETEE of a re-Germanization of former German cities BgOROEOGaEre as a speedy German peasant settlement of the interested Moravian parts of the country. D0 050 bd The memorandum provides in detail different German areas of interest and differs in the main line of a German passage from BE Niederdonau to Silesia from the previous con- cept of a straight wedge from South to North. North of Brno is promoted for an eastward deflection of the German main interest zone and the line east of the planned Wischauer troop training area. The thought processes asserted for this deviation are absolutely convincing and can only be approved in the local opinion. The remaining secondary areas of interest are sub-questions which would require an in-depth local study. ez. Böh m e 44-Obersturmbannführer. Prague, 16 May 1940. 1.) Note. The question of German-speaking work in the Land of Moravia was made by the State Secretary on 15.5.194o the subject of a detailed debate with the Under-Secretary of State. In this debate, it was noted that the Moravian Service did not have any of the functions of the Reichsprotek-