STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13 Page 42 · 42 of 94
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13
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VH - 11 - or were the establishment of the Reichsauftragsverwaltung and the installation of Germans for this the only possible means ? The autonomy to be completely eliminated, as long as the given word of leader exists, not possible; so it must always be formally taken into account. In order to avoid misunderstandings, it might be useful to point out how the term "autonomy" should be interpreted in the context of a political assessment of its limitations. In the Führer's Decree of 16.3.39, it is stated that Bohemia and Moravia are autonomous and manage themselves. One could now say, which would be legally valid, that autonomy is still guaranteed even if all the leading bodies in the autonomous offices are occupied with douchs, since the term "autonomy" merely implies that Bohemia and Moravia are autonomously, i.e. independently of other Reichs-, administered, but not that the administrative tasks must be perceived exclusively by Czechs, especially since Germans have always lived in this area. But apart from the fact that one could then come with the restriction that only Germans from this Raun should be incorporated into the administration, this interpretation should only be understandable to lawyers and not to the layman who must regard it as ravulistics. The layman, but above all the Czech one, will always understand by "autonomy" that Bohemia and Moravia are primarily administered by Czechs and therefore regard the current measures as intervention. However, an invoicing of the Czech mentality is only necessary to the extent that it is important not to push the Czechs who are prepared to cooperate. The anti-German Czech will anyway be on every German side on the