STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 74, sig. 109-1/80

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General Department of Economy Prague, 5 July 1944. V/l - 6513/44. Activity report for the 2nd quarter of 1944. MHE 1./ General: The 2nd fourth year in 1994 was still under the sign of the arms programs transferred to the Protectorate. Both the iron and metal industry and the chemical industry had to accept closures of plants and plant conversions in the course of the application of the necessary labour force, which have not been without effect on the previous production. Measures for the release of workers for the defence industry: During the period under review, the labour input has been made available to the workers by the constantly increasing labour requirements of the defence companies in the country, as well as by an increasing transfer of production and area to the protectorate, covering these workers. In addition, special actions such as the textile wholesale trade and the Tex special action for the purpose of recording