STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 416, sig. 109-4/161

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2 - 2 - by Jews - 2500 - for the local Germans becomes gradually intolerable. It does not need to be explained that the Jew after all his mentality does not even think to exercise restraint. In doing so, the Jews are supported by the Czechs, who in general took a more negative attitude towards Judaism before the establishment of the Protectorate. Where it is only possible, they seek to help the Jews. It is not the love for Judaism that determines the Czechs in their attitude, but the hostility towards National Socialist Germany, which fights Judaism. In the situation report, I pointed out that the well-dressed and well-fed Jews call for a public anger at the dykes who willingly take on the burdens of the war. As I was told yesterday, the Czech Trafikanten Jews try to get tobacco around the back, so that they do not have to stand in a long row. It should also be noted that the Jews are preferred when buying from Czech merchants. A special chapter is the religious activity of the Jews in the synagogue, who still hold their worship there. In my last report, I suggested that the Jews should be forbidden religious and cultural activity or at least reduced to a minimum. The fact that the synagogue still exists also arouses the unwillingness of the German population. Only the influence of the circuit leader prevented the self-help measures of the Germans. But if the Jew does not change his tactics soon, I cannot guarantee that the Germans will not even go to self-help. The question of housing the Jews is becoming increasingly acute. In his memorandum, which he sent to the Secretary of State, the district leader pointed out in his memorandum already how favorable the housing conditions with the Juids are. I've got the city