STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1793, sig. 109-5/21

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The commander of the Prague Police of Order, 31.1.1941g at the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Ia $. o Activity Report No. 24. 1.419.44 1..) Mood of the German population. In the optimistic mood and the German population's sense of victory, the setbacks seen as insignificant in the Italian war scenes could not change anything, especially the partly unconsolidated and unclear attitude of the scattered Germans. There is an economic dependence on Czechs, they can be intimidated by their behaviour, which has recently become conspicuously presumptuous. It can be assumed that, among other things, the increased stripes= activity of battalions provides a remedy here. 2.) Mood of the Czech population. The Czechs, who have not been hostile to German, have recently become cooler and more negative. As a reason for this, the failures of the Italians, which were taken to the fore with pleasure of damage, and the hope of the war = occurred in the USA are considered. 3.) Behaviour of the Czech gendarmerie and police. Significant changes in the behaviour of the Czech gendarmerie and police were not to be noted in the period under review. 4) Economic situation. Difficulties still exist in the food supply, especially for German families. The addition of map-bound foods such as fat, meat, bread and flour is not ensured. As a result of snow drifts, milk supply was partly interrupted. In general, the supply of forcible wines does not stand up to a comparison with that in the Old Kingdom.