STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 332, sig. 109-4/76

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30A - 2 - Central Office is necessary because otherwise there is no guarantee that a uniform line will be maintained in the treatment of Moravian Slovaks. Up to now, various places in Moravian Slovakia have worked, often even worked against each other, so that the result is extremely poor. The Oberlandrat has a good relationship with the head of the district border office number and also with the SD in Zlin, so that the good cooperation with the party and the SD is guaranteed. The block leaders of the NSDAP cannot act. Their view is in part very bad, as they often collect burdensome material against each other and use the local Moravian Slovaks to do so. Director M i e s b a c h of the Bata works does not always have the right opinion on the question of Moravian Slovakians. This is due to the fact that he is to be regarded as an apolitical person. He is an excellent expert, but he is in danger of falling prey to the "worldview Zlin". The task of the Oberlandrat is to compensate for this in a corresponding way. The Oberland Council in Zlin is to be the local central office of Moravian Slovakia, over which all connections have to be established. A special decree on this point is still to be examined, whether the funds of the Protectorate 56708 administration should also be managed via the OLR zlin. The OLR must also ensure that the Moravian-Slovak teachers, civil servants, employees, etc. If they are not yet employed in Moravian Slovakia, they will be brought back there via the authority of the Reichsprotektor.The German district captain, who will soon be employed in Göding, is to be informed in a corresponding manner.The influence of the folkloreists is not to be regarded as significant. They sit in Brno, where they conduct essentially academic discussions about the importance of folk-artistic details. Polklorism itself is supposed to be digested, excessive fading is not expedient.