English Translation

50 Oberlandrats and part of the Reich Protector's agenda were transferred to autonomous bodies (80) which, in addition to the document of the administration of the empire order (e.g. the Earth's President of the Order of the Empire) used a small imperial seal in its handling. These issues were provided by a specially created two to three-member German department, together with a German head of office or his representative, or in a minority of cases where he remained head of the office of Bohemia, only this department. (81) On the German side it was a full concentration on the political management of the Protectorate, while the Czech apparatus, although there was a problem with its political reliability, was to ensure the execution of orders and necessary administration. Thus, the purpose of the reorganization of the protectorate administration was fulfilled, as expressed by Heydrich's successor K. Daluege on June 15, 1942: ©More rule and lead and manage less. (82) The Czech autonomous bodies were integrated into the bureaucracy of the empire, received new tasks and, in all their activities, were now even formally subject to German superiors. The office was increasingly penetrated by German and Czech officials, when they did not pass the German language exam, were released. The reorganization of the oblandrats forced radical changes in the territorial arrangement of autonomous political authorities. First of all, according to German requirements, a significant reduction in the number of district offices and resulting in subsequent modification of the remaining districts. (83) The establishment of the Land Office for Bohemia and Moravia, which also took over the administration of state forests and land, was of special importance for the occupiers. Although the office was established as a protectorate, it soon got into German hands and its manager was considered de facto a member of the government. The office's task was to carry out dispositions with land so that it was removed from the hands of Czech owners and transferred to German possession. (84)