STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1561, sig. 109-4/1315 (damaged)

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- 4 - that the only purpose of the speeches was to calm the German population and to eliminate its already strongly visible war fatigue. In addition, the mood of the Czech population continues to be strongly influenced by the spread of often senseless rumors. Various places could be observed, however, that the current reluctance shown by the Czechs to the outside world conceals only a certain spaning of untapped nervousness, because tahi richly firmly believed rumors e.g. about an invasion of the Allies in Europe, about the soon collapse of the empire, about oine capitulation of Italy, etc. do not confirm themselves. As a typical example, as in the case of the Czech official events or events used by the whispering propaganda, the following festivities can be considered to have been held on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the Protiwin training camp of the Board of Trustees for Youth Education in Bohemian and Moravia: already three to four days before the official opening of the camp, the Czech Protivinian population passed the deserted Gerucnte over an upcoming festival, which would take place in the Sehloß. The majority of the Protiwin population is ignorantly influenced and disposed by an ongoing anti-rich whispering propaganda, which is mainly based on the many railroaders meeting in Protivin, which was already expressed in the most diverse opinions when the expansion of the protiwin scourge camp began. Before the camp's opening, it was first supposed that six ministers would be able to work next Protiwin and a great "delicacy" would take place, But the Englishman would already be gubon to them, because in the night of 29th ton 30,5.43 an air raid on Protivin would be successful. On 28.5.43 it was spread in Protiwin that an Attontat was carried out on a certain ministur, Further it was reckoned that seven Reho, a cow, a see-wine and n:rre geese had been made and that because of this "fermenting" of the superiors the people received only 25ögs of meat per week, - 5 -