STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132 Page 95 · 95 of 96
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132
English Translation
92 an interest in really helping the working class, as provided for in the social program of our leader Adolf Hitler. It is not a weakness, but generous help, which indicates the strength of ensuring the German food situation. Then General Heydrich remarked that the Czech population should see in this measure the first step towards ensuring and improving food conditions, as he announced already after his arrival in Prague, when he stressed that he had come not only an iron order, but at the same time to introduce social justice for the Czech working class. This statement by General Heydrich made a profound impression on the representatives of the Czech workers present. The representative Reichsprotektor emphasized the importance of the planned economy, in which the protectorate must also be integrated, and highlighted the necessity of the properly carried out conscriptions, in order to ensure a proper and just supply of the working population also in the future. In a concrete example, he showed that around 20,000 pigs were registered less in a district than in reality. This communication also made a profound impression on the representatives of the workers present. Furthermore, the representative Reichsprotector dealt with the pay question and