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

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A 15 13 In the destinations the people were distributed and accommodated in private houses, often also among farmers. The inhabitants of Weil a/Rhein, for example, came to Sin-gen, from there they were distributed to the whole area of Pfullendorf and Messkirch. During this transport it worked even less than with that of Kehl. Despite the short driving distance, people had to spend the night twice in Säckingen and Waldshut on straw. Even families with small children were not better accommodated. Those who are accommodated in towns and villages in private houses receive food from field kitchens and communal kitchens. The food is generally referred to as good, but most people are already suffering from the constant stew they receive every day. Especially the older people can't get used to it and no day goes by that people don't go to the station and just go home again. These people explain that no one takes them away a second time. They now believe that the eviction was a hasty measure, and now they think of garden and field, where everything goes unnecessarily. In some cases, one even hears quite bitter words about Hitler, who had been driven into this war by Göring and the military. In X. Four well-placed people, a lawyer, an optician, a hospital doctor and a Sparkassenbeamter refused to accept refugees. They were arrested by the SA and driven through the streets in a car, in which they had to shout in one: "We don't want refugees". In advance, a police loud-speaker, who repeatedly shouted: "Hello. Hello!" drew people's attention to the spectacle. After the move, the four eight days had to sleep on straw and eat the prison fare. In Y. and Z., 70 young girls aged 18 to 25 were transported from the ranks of the refugees to work at the Rottweil powder factory. II. THE LOCATION IN INNERN 1) The general mood The reports before us do not yet allow us to give a reliable judgment on the current mood of the German people.