STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1970, sig. 109-6/62 Page 42 · 42 of 58
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1970, sig. 109-6/662
English Translation
In addition, the Jews were often seen in the cabinet of the current managing director. In this context, it is even assumed that R. was only a straw man who was pushed forward by the Jews. It is characteristic of Rödling's attitude that he recently ordered an assistant at the Neugebauer-Buchhandlung, who put the brochure "Die Judenfibel" on the counter, to clean up the booklet again, since it was said that other people would come here too, who should not be insulted in this way. R. also in his references to the already mentioned Jew Happy, who is married to an Aryan. Happyly, R. asked for a confirmation that he had always behaved decently towards him and had always spoken only German in his dealings with him in the past. Pg. Rödling had not so much instinct to reject the outrageous demand of the Jew immediately, but first asked a German representative of the bookstore, who of course advised him to do so. Rödling is very unloved in employee circles of the bookseller, because he is accused of harsh and rude behaviour towards his subordinates. Especially in social relations complaints are made by the staff against R.. On the occasion of Inveßtufárbeiten e.g. the SAVLS demanded the payment of their many overtime hours, which was rejected by Rödlings first on the grounds that the Reich Protector would have prohibited such payment. Only when the employees demanded that he show them this prohibition, R. decided to approve the majority, and the payment of the cultural allowance should have been rejected by him with the remark that it was a voluntary matter and that he was not obliged to do so.