STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132

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In conclusion, Zástěra thanked the deputy protector for his goodwill, which he showed to the workers by allowing his representatives to speak directly to the employees in the enterprises and assured him of the full understanding of the workers' needs of the wartime. He concluded his speech with the words: "We will strive for the Czech worker with his work to understand not only the reorganization of Europe, which is built by the greatest worker and leader Adolf Hitler, but also to actively participate in the construction of the new Europe and in the great European nation- al socialist revolution. General Heydrich made records of all the wishes put forward and responded to them. He did so with the openness of a soldier. In the beginning, he expressed his appreciation of the apella made in the individual enterprises and stated that he gladly enabled the representatives of the Czech workers to interpret directly the concerns and wishes of the workers, for he wanted to know what oppresses the honest Czech worker so that he could help him in the sense of social justice. One must speak of good and bad things. That certain scarcity exists is nothing new, because the war demands restrictions of each individual. General Heydrich mentioned the supply -