STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1504, sig. 109-4/1258 (damaged)

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2S -2- were carried out at the instruction of the Reichsprotektor's department, Group II/2 , yielded an average higher yield of 20 - 25 %. In order to carry out a control of the estimate of the statistical centre, commissions from the peasantry were set up in each municipality, which had to give a report on the expected harvest result to the central office on the basis of a pre-book. These results are still far from inferred: wheat rye barley oats 10.8 9.- 10.1 10.- For this information, the Commissioners of the individual municipalities had already to be held liable. Through the amnesty granted by the deputy Reichsprotektor and the possibility offered to report the true harvest results to the municipality by self-assessment of each individual farmer and indication, every possibility of correction was given. This self-evaluation yielded an average yield at 11.8 9.7 10.8 10.3. These figures also show once again that the peasantry of the protectorate of the seriousness of the situation is not aware and has not proved worthy of the grace already granted in 20253. In order to eliminate any error, the state cultural councils have proposed accompanying statements in all municipalities. It should be noted in particular that this declaration also contains an amnesty of the kind, namely by pointing out that, on the basis of the offer made to the cereal commissioner, the performance target has already been achieved. This was mainly made out of the consideration of protecting existing cereals from feeding and burial out of fear of false information. For the farmer, there was once again every possibility of a correct delivery.