Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: right tool of Nazi expansion

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161 categories of population according to which the amount of allocation was determined: very hardworking, hardworking and ordinary consumers. (432) Orders for specific goods had to be delivered at the place of collection with monthly advance; the beneficiaries had to serve first. Another decree No.256/1939 Coll. from 20. October (433) was required to introduce one meatless day of the week © usually on Friday should not be served in inns, bars and public dining rooms (except for eating in industrial plants) meat dishes. With effect from 15 December 1939 the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Trade introduced an allocation system for textiles, dresses and footwear. The first supply problems occurred at the end of 1939, mainly in fruit and vegetables, fats, sugar and eggs. Since January 1940, grain coffee, cocoa and chocolate were not allowed to be sold in the Protectorate. As a result of these measures, the decline in average consumption of the population was even lower than in the world economic crisis. Responsible authorities feared unrest and, in addition to the official announcement of the introduction of the allocation system, banned any press comments. It urged a moderate approach to potential discontents, which states that it is a command necessary to ensure that the mood of the population is closely monitored in connection with the issue of food stamps and the purchase of life supplies for these tickets... If, in conjunction with the issue of food stamps and the purchase for them, there were any unacceptable manifestations or attempts to demonstrate, it should be seen that the intervention of the official authorities does not have a steep form that could lead the citizen even further... (434) 2.3.4.2 Corporativism Easier to control the economy in the Protectorate significantly helps the principle of a forced organization, which, according to the German model, was based on the so-called "Corporatism." Corporativist doctrines. (435) Government Decree No. 168/1939 Coll. on organic construction of the economy of 23 June (436) was given to the Ministry of Industry,