STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 395, sig. 109-4/140 Page 28 · 28 of 20
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 395, sig. 109-4/140
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23 - 5 - confirm their signatures. Did you know that members of the association can only become servants who declare that they are Czech nationality? How did you understand order No. 353 in this regard? Answer: Although there is no mention of this in that service order - an explicit mention is only in command No. I believe that this is a matter of course. Of course, I could not see exactly who of the staff of German nationality is, since all spoke with me fluently Czech.In addition, the fact that a large number of Germans were transferred from the iglauer services in autumn l938 to the Reichsbahnen, so that I assumed that only servants of Czech nationality remained. Finally, as I note, the matter had no influence on the correctness of my approach." Were you aware that the action of raising contributions refers to membership in the Association of Public Transport Employees and not to membership of the National Unity Party /Národní -souručenství/? Answer: "I was well aware of this fact." Did you perhaps draw attention to a connection between the National Unity Party and the professional roganization of the association? Answer: 'I did not point out this'.