THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13

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- OL - 80 However, to the basic characteristics mentioned above, there are still far-reaching other external and internal circumstances which make it particularly difficult to re-train. As I said, the Czech state had ignored the old Austrian administrative system, but remained at the development of 1918. In this way the old Czech beanmen, who still served in the Austrian period, had a certain primary schooling and attitude of will, but the new officials lacked everything here. It is precisely in his outer words that this is reflected. We can again and again with old Austrian officials a good attitude, clean clothes and so on. In the case of the new type ainem, the graying can sometimes occur. In any case, I often feel a physical discomfort rising with these people, if I should only give my hand to such an unwashed man and if I then notice afterwards almost neglected hands, in which he is also attached with a 14-day-old stubble beard and his laundry even more the splendour of days. This external attitude of the Czech official also corresponds to his mental attitude. He lacks any sense of real cleanliness in this regard. The working method is muddy and sluggish. He nimantly bribes. The workrooms themselves are in an almost desolating Zuatan- de. When we were on 15 June d.J. our offices took over, since all the German district chiefs could probably notice how almost dismal conditions ruled purely externally in the individual authorities, so we found in don only a few years old buildings of the Tabor district authority in front of dirt rigid toilets, but on questions was explained, however, that they were thoroughly cleaned every week. The walls of the office rooms were flat•Ban and grey in grey, the usually old, quite lively color compilation had become a really sad mosaic of the old splendor. The office furniture was used up, uneven and also unclean and unkempt. If the Czech state in this sector had been so economical, one could certainly have found a semi-clean and uniform extension.