STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 461, sig. 109-4/206

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42 - 2 - News of the fact that the Czechs, abex also parts of the dcutsche working class with their labour relations, remain far behind in the past. This fact is brought in connection with the dissatisfaction prevailing in these circles about the bribery of wage relations. The workers attribute the blame for this situation to their inadequate commitment to their concerns on the part of the DAF and the workers of the Reich, cultural agents. Situation in the Czech Republic. The Czechs in the North-West-Löhmisches Kohlengebict, but also in the Moravian-Silesian area, have recently again shown a challenging event. In general, this is expressed in the traffic of the Czechs with the Germans. It is striking that not only men, but also women in the public sphere speak loudly Czech, in Czech inns, which have been heavily crowded in recent days, provocatively a lot has been sung, often it has been perceived that Czech parents, whose children are employed in the Proteltorat, try by all means to allow dicsen to enter and work permits in the Sudcter gau. They are presented to the employment offices and various institutions in order to present these proposals, but it is clear that the Czechs are anxious to be able to occupy the jobs with Czechs freed by confiscations of German men to the Wehrmacht, so as to bring about a substantial strengthening of the Czech minority, the expression of a Czech woman in Hostomitz near Dux is characteristic of a German woman: "If the Polish workers are here and all the Germans have moved in, then we are going to strike off." As the Czech themselves states, by the use of_Polish workers, sic hopes that their position will be substantially improved." The establishment of a restricted zone for Polish workers is therefore considered urgently necessary by the German population. Single, especially in the Moravian-Silesian area, again sabotage acts are committed by the Czechs, As is only now known, a Czech in 7oitl-ittel, district of Hohenstadt, deliberately stifled the estate of a German Kiein farmer on fire, after he had previously ordered a more visible break-in and stolen various things. Zottkittel is 3.