STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 268, sig. 109-4/10

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SD section Karlovy Vary Karlovie Vary, 4.11.1940. III/5. Th/Ne. In Neutitschein, Troppau, in the Olsa area, in Mieser Kreis and in the Brüx-Dux coalfield.From 193o to 1939, a migration to Inner Bohemia began, which, despite the immigration of officials, resulted in a decrease of 3oo.ooo Czechs.Only in the Brux- Dux area were essentially parts of the industrial worker, who then settled in, remained and transformed the face of this area.Here, too, the attempt was made by colonist farms, which provided the grounder with a foundation for Czechdom.If these colonist yards are also transferred into German hands, the fact is that we do not have any German miners today and are dependent on the Czech workers. In Oberrosenthal near Reichenberg and on the Iserstrasse, the Czechs had the desire to reach the border of the Reich.They also succeeded in practical terms and today this area is a very heavy chunk. Some speak the word of an absorber, others say that it would not work, because a large part is racially inferior, because the Czechs who migrated to the Brüxer-Dux coalfield did not come from peasant circles, but from the 2nd century. So it is actually not a racial selection in a good sense, but it is a population whose absorption by us does not mean any profit for the German people - 5 -