STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 35, sig. 109-1/39

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- 2 - - but also to attribute part to the influence of the German authorities. The main evils to be fought against are the addiction to attain prosperity as quickly as possible and the mutual envy arising from it, finally also a pretentious sometimes also provocative behavior against the foreign-speaking population. The course of the war has inevitably brought to a halt the large-scale plans for the German popular politics in the local area.These plans not only require the use of the entire German-speaking world, but also the influx of valuable German elements from the adjacent areas. While, on the one hand, the influx does not occur, Germanism is increasingly weakened by the increasing convocations for military service. Almost a stage has already occurred in which the general security begins to suffer. The German authorities need to be able to work here in the Greater German region, any German confidants and contact points. Information obtained from Czech sources needs to be subject to a counter-examination from the German side. In order to maintain this service, it is essential to take account of the interests of popular politics in convening meetings, especially in the scattered German territory. After all, we do not allow ourselves to be undermined by the time relations, but rather continue the small-scale work if we cannot realize big plans. In Zlin, a German dentist was appointed, in the city of Wisowitz, the appointment of a German mayor was arranged, and in the town of Ung.Brod, the mayor's office was transferred to German hands by the award of the Reichsbehörde to the former owner. Gan's particularly valuable German bases have recently been created here in the way of the Aryanization.