GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 755, sig. 110-5/44

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- ll 6 The behaviour of the employment office was also strongly criticised by the agricultural forces who were drawn from the labour force and brought in completely unusable persons, who had also usually already prepared the medical certificate. (Prague) The officials present had also liked to hear about other current questions of agriculture and have not quite satisfied left the assembly. (from a report of a. Association official on the meeting in Prague) The participants of the rally had been strongly criticised for these circumstances, which they felt were flaws, as from almost all areas. It would have often been associated with this, under the impression of events considered to be missing, with the resulting unnecessary loss of work and the unnecessary traffic load. 2 Participants at the rally in Beraun gave on 5.l2.44. their annoyance at the expression that, as was literally expressed, they "are kept away from work because of such stupidity and let come to Beraun". L AORES A farmer from the Budweiser area about the conference in Prague: Id*If one considers that there is a large shortage of agricultural workers in the present day and that there are also difficulties in train traffic, it is unthinkable to quote farmers from all over Bohemia for a speech that could not be effective in terms of poor reproduction." Participants at the rally in Brno repeatedly pointed out that it was not only a stupidity to call them to Brno, but would also be irresponsible, since the iron railways were only burdened and the lives of different people were endangered, while there was a lot of work waiting for them at home. Almost everyone had forced himself to go to Brno. Although there was a great fear of an air raid, on the other hand, one did not want to have any inconvenience by staying away. (Brown) According to these reports, the propaganda campaign to carry out a food battle has given rise to extensive rumours about the food situation among the entire Czech population. In particular, the statements made in Minister Hruby's speeches on issues of dissipation have been reflected in numerous announcements about an imminent shortage of food, delivery obligations, export of food products to the Reich and an increase in the trade in food. After the Hruby talk, the urban population had been referred to dię as one-sided preference for farmers. 2ar10