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

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- 5 - Among other slogans, it was spread that no one should go to the Sehloß when the ministers came. Still after the opening ceremonies the rumors stopped because of the allegedly large situation in Protiwin. Se, for example, asked the Tolefonist of the Protivin Post Office in Schloß whether she could not also get a bottle of wine, since there was so much to drink in the castle. On the occasion of the opening of the Protiwin training camp, the following observations show the possibilities of influence on the beautiful Czech population of gorad over the Czech youth: On 30.5.43 in the mornings, the music band dus Kuratoriuns, who moved to Veranstal- tungon, gave a place concert on the market square in Protivin. In the beginning, the participation of the population was extremely weak. However, when, after seeing the divine service, children in large numbers, festively Gothic and nit Kerzon in the hands of the Church, were able to run out of the church, the ovaries wanted to keep the children from the music of far-nigh old, which, however, was of no use. Many children went to music in defiance, so that after a short time there was also a larger anzail of adult Czechs who gave a lot of applause to the music. For the demonstration of a compulsory youth service with school children on 30.5, some Czech eyesight classes were requested from the camp; for these demonstrations, otva 70 children had appeared nohr when originally requested. When on 3l.5. a duty certificate for school children, were draimal so many pupils as originally ordered. At the gate a whole lot of czech sehüler, about seven years old, urged themselves to cry begannon when they were not to let go of the castle. When asked what were the parents at home after the event on 30.5.43 gotan hätton, almost all the children replied that they were immediately asked at home what had been going on in the castle and what had not been done to them. Allgomein could be put forward that - 9 -