STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2125, sig. 109-8/8

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h 00121 The Wehrmacht authorised Prague, 4 October 1941. go to the Reichsprotector in Bönmen and Moravia No. 1211/41. Ia Sheim! We i su n g e n lr. 14 1.) In the last few weeks, it has been increasingly observed that Czechs have even done insulting externalities in public transport or in the process of standing up for var life-time business over military personnel. The Czechs concerned could not be dealt with in the majority of the cases of punishment, since the Wehrmacht members of the Czech language were not powerful and as a result they asked the superiors of the troops to let the soldiers present in the units under them, who are powerful in the Czech tongue, pay attention to such statements by the Czechs, identify them as soon as possible and report them to their company, etc. (Io Az. 14 No. 1651/41 of 6.9.41) 2.) Control of foreign members of the Wehrmacht. OKH (Chief H Rüst and BaE) issued a decree on 6.9.41: "To defend the foreign intelligence service, it has proved necessary to control the Wehrmacht members of friendly states, who use the German railways or roads in groups or as a single service, The Wehrkreiskemmandos are therefore asked to monitor the foreign Wehrmight members by the - 2