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

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1a ApIanst.inedul-go -2- EepoLpoeqeua qegocpapee powassliot eD-Touapacpum btae NI DJ- AV SOSO were discussed several times in the vicinity of Minister Hruby in October 1944. It was a permanent adviser to the minister of the chief editors of "Českomoravskýrolnik" J e Ž e k , the writer Dr. K o s í k and the member of the Minister's circle of friends S c h o l l 'e from Jistebnitz near Tabor - to the view that it is necessary to propagate a "delivery battle" in the Czech sector and only carried by the Czech side in the framework and with the help of the organisation of the Association of Agriculture and Forestry as a counterpart and complement to the production battle. As a result, they promised themselves_I an activation of the association which had not appeared in public for some time. They designed a_. The programme, which essentially provided for a purely Czech propaganda action, which was to run through the federation's external offices and local associations, under the first Heranziehung of the Federation and Lahdes Federation Committees. It was deliberately intended to appeal to the national honour of the Czech farmer. with the slogan: "The Czech farmer does not let any Czech people hunger.") In addition to the instruction of the union functionaries in Prague and at the events taking place at the seats of the outsiders, the individual gatherings should also address the consumer (teachers, workers, civil servants, etc.). The proposal found the approval of the Minister's sin was subsequently treated as his own proposal through his wish. This circumstance led on the German side to the assumption that Minister Hruby had occasionally received a corresponding instruction from the Minister of State after his brief reception. -Preparation.- The proposed program was discussed and approved at the board meeting of the association from 2.ll.44.. A renaming to "food battle" took place via suggestion of the minister. The amendments which had otherwise been made were to refrain from the originally planned working session of the Federation Committee and the two National Federation Committees in Prague, and to hold a working session in place of each of the Association and Association Committees for Bohemia in Prague and one of the National Association Committee for Moravia in Brno.