English Translation

113 official statistics were not recorded. Therefore, 52 000 Czechs were able to obtain a job in Germany by the quickly established recruitment commission of the Reichsministerium fur Arbeit. After the occupation of the rest of the Czech-Slovakia, however, some problems for Germany fell away from employing foreigners, especially the empire that suffered from permanent lack of foreign currency since 1931, did not burden the transfers of wages of Czech workers on the foreign exchange market, as they were only solved within the framework of the conversion of marks into crowns in the Nazis' disadvantaged exchange rate. In connection with the decline of volunteers, German occupations took pressure measures and the return of "volunteers" from the empire began to make it conditional from August 1939 on the approval of the relevant employment office. However, forced extension of work in the Empire was rather an exception until 1941. (301) Propaganda presented "voluntary recruitment" as aid to unemployed workers, in fact the elimination of a significant shortage of labour in some production sections in the so-called Old Reich (Germany) and Eastern Mark (Austria). When organizing the event, particular consideration was given to production, which was evident from the fact that recruitment through agents (Werbekolonen) was not only carried out by unqualified workers who were affected by unemployment the most, but mainly by qualified workers. Also, the information provided to the public about the scope of the event was inaccurate and tender. It was said that by May 1940 120,000 Czech workers and employees were acquired. However, once the hired workers were convinced that working conditions in Germany did not correspond to promises, the cases of their escapes from Germany were multiplied. Especially in connection with the holiday they spent at home in the protectorate of families, a large percentage of hired workers refused to return to Germany for work. The vacation was for foreigners, even for those privileged, the only way to legally travel from Germany before the end of the employment contract. The gap between the promises of recruiters and the harsh reality of the empire and the ever more intense air raids forced many people to stay in their homeland and hide after their vacation. Since mid-October 1943, the holidays were banned. When a worker from the occupied country did not return from the holiday, she was not allowed to leave on the