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

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50 A 28 margarine. In the invention of beautiful names, the Nazis are masters. Thus, in the official announcements, the skimmed milk, on which we are now dependent alone, is called unframed fresh milk. Until 25 September, the egg cover was free. There were no food cards for this. But it seems that the troops are on strike, because since the beginning of the war there are no eggs at all, not even with us in southern Germany. Attempts to hamster, are futile, firstly because for years everything has been captured by the farmers to the utmost and secondly because the farmers are deterred by the extremely sharp punishment. As is well known, driving is only permitted if the information is provided that the journeys are important in terms of state policy. This is of course always true for the service journeys of party bonuses to or for journeys in their interest. A master builder, who is a prominent party member and had taken over the new building of a local builder's leader in the neighbourhood, has received petrol cards, which have been transferred to other contractors, for four weeks for the time being. This has made bad blood for the rest of the craftsmen. 2. Report: To the owner of a larger food industry in M., who had obtained a reference certificate for 250 kilos of meat for October, the butcher master, who so far had told him that he could deliver him a maximum of 100 kilos. When the guest moaned, the butcher replied to him that he should be glad that he still had two talents, in November there would not even be half of them. In the economy, care is now being taken that every guest gives off his meat and bread brand. This, of course, greatly affects the turnover, because people are planning to eat at home, where they then lack any section that has been delivered to the restaurant in the absence of very tight ratios. Although the fruit harvest is not exactly bad, the prices for table fruit have risen sharply and are already unaffordable for workers today. Saxony, 1. Report: Since we have a lot of metal industry, almost every family has at least one heavy or heavy worker. People therefore suffer relatively little from the scarcity of rations. However, there is still a lot to be hamstered. Railway controls have been introduced for a few days. They serve from Saturday noon to Sunday at night, because the people flock to the country to hundreds of people on weekends. Everyone tries to find a farmer who gives something. Many people also have relatives in the villages of the Erzgebirge.