STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1795, sig. 109-5/23

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A 10 Ol did not follow the mobilization order at all. This came partly because by Sunday 27th in these Bavarian villages one knew almost nothing and once again thought the whole thing to be a propagandist theatre. On the other hand one simply did not want to get away from the harvest fields and explained that one finally wanted to have its peace. Southwest Germany: The grain was not driven into the Scheuer this year and then drugged, but the Drusch took place immediately in the field and the grain was immediately transported to the hinterland, so that the farmer could only see his grain when harvesting and threshing. Second, this procedure is a measure of war preparedness. Mitteldeutschland: In the Magdeburg district one has been open with the regular roles for the replacement workers who are supposed to replace the retired, already at the end of July completely fertig. Since 15 July the people were only allowed to stay with the block waiter longer than two days from home after previous cancellation. As far as possible such Reisen should be registered one week before. Some of the workers were used for Wehrmacht buildings in the Letzlingen Heath between Magdeburg and Gardelegen. Silesia, 1st report: Refugee camps were already established in the district of Rosenberg in the second half of July. Members of the National Socialist Women's Party of Wrocław, who had registered for the harvest aid, were not allowed to go to the countryside because they would soon be needed in the Polish border area. On July 24 a camp was set up in Guttentag and Breiten- Markt, and on August 4 a large camp was established in Wallhof and Ro- senberg. In the central Wallhof camp at the beginning of August, precise information was given about the number of refugees expected. Further south in the area of Andreashütte, people spoke of 5 to 6.00o refugees who would be expected. There can be no doubt today that most Germans from Poland are directly caught up by pressure from the functionaries of the national socialist organization there. People who were on 6 and 8 May in Poland. On August 5, they came to Sandowitz, reported that they had even been given pressured signposts in Tarnowitz, on which the route had been marked for the Malapane. They had also been given exact times when they were to cross the Polish border. On August 5: in Horneck it was said that there were 4,oo0 refugees to be expected. In the camps came mainly only children and