English Translation

In some cases, even foreign workers had to serve each other for punishment. A general ban on leave for workers from occupied countries, which lasted until the end of the war, occurred in March 1944 from the instigation of the general agent for the work deployment of Fritz Sauckel. At the latest at that time, forced workers and foreigners who originally left occupied territories in Germany voluntarily became forced. (302) The failure of voluntary recruitment to Germany led to an increasingly open pressure, which initially did not appear so clearly and showed some continuity with the second Republic. On 24 April 1939, the Czech Central Labour Office in Prague issued a decree (303), according to which all persons receiving unemployment allowance were obliged to attend a recruitment interview. In the event of refusal of the offered post in Germany, they were threatened to withdraw the aid and possibly to be included in the work units. on the mediation of work from July 9, according to which every unemployed person seeking work was obliged to report to the relevant public employment intermediary. Possibility of inclusion of unemployed persons in work units established on the basis of vl.nař. no. 223/1938 Coll. on labour units from October 11th , as well as the establishment of disciplinary camps by government regulation No. 72/1939 on disciplinary labor camps from 2. (304) The object of "voluntary recruitment" into the empire became, among other things, a significant part of the railway staff, which was a relative surplus in the Protectorate. (305) Immediately after their release from the Českomoravské dráhy, they had to report to the employment offices, where they were offered a post at the German Reichské Dráhy. If one of the railwaymen refused this offer, he did not receive unemployment support and threatened to lose any claims. (306) The service outside the Protectorate was unpopular among Czech railway workers, only in May 1943 30 railwaymen were detained in South Moravia who did not go to work in the empire or fled from there. (307) Since 1942, a lack of doctors began to be felt in the Empire, which was associated with their calling to armed forces. Already at the beginning of 1942 a small group of Czech doctors were reportedly voluntarily sent to the empire.