STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 461, sig. 109-4/206 Page 34 · 34 of 58
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 461, sig. 109-4/206
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33 - 20 - Nati•nal- und Volkstumsgefihl seigen. Eindeutschung Einzelner nächstlich im Innernreich probably. Per Danish minority, a large cultural independence can be given. Technically or otherwise mentally gifted members often find the way to Germanization in social advancement in the Innern Reich. b) Franzesen and Wallonen. A French minority does not exist despite French assertions. Some parts of the population in the Gau Saar-Pfalz belong to German-Lethringian strata, which only show some linguistic relations with German-French intermediate dialects. Völkisch are also these residents or immigrants (e.g. The tens of thousands of Dutch and Flemish people, who settled mainly in the Rhineland-Westphalian industrial area, are consistently considered to be genuinely repopular. There is no need for any more measures to speed up their Germanization, they will only unnecessarily push back valuable German-speaking people. d) Italians. An Italian minority does not exist on Reichsb. Italians living in the Reich are almost consistently Italian nationals and mostly only preliminary in the Empire. Parts of them are racially the same to us, other parts, vo: all the industrial and rural workers, show a different racial composition than us. Only certain layers are to be regarded as genuinely repopular. A mass-wise penetration into our people will mean a shift of exactly characteristic German traits. Our desire to remain largely separate tiologically is entirely in line with the desire of the Italian racial policy, which also strongly seeks to preserve the Italian character of the Velke and therefore calls any mixing and marriage with non-Italians unwinned. This common effort to avoid blood mixing does not, of course, prevent honest comradely, self-employed and professional cooperation, prohibits self-understanding - 21 -