English Translation

In general, it was noted that numerous theatre performances in the small rural communities, which were formerly carried out by the Sokol or Orel, were now organized by the NG-Jugand, which is clearly intended to create a substitute for the former extensive cultural-political work of the dissolved Sokol and Orel associations. An example of this is the following: In the Leito-mischl district in November 42 a theatre event was held in Leitomyschl-Stadt, while in December 22 theatre performances were held. In the countryside 42 one and twenty theatre events were held in November and sixty-one in December.Concerts were not given in November 42 in the city of Leitomyschl, in December a concert was held.In the countryside there were 42 seven concerts, in Dec sixteen. All events enjoyed an extremely large visit and formed in their mostly ethnically held Ten-denz an attraction of the Czech intelligence circles and took on a sometimes almost demonstrative character. In the city of Königgrätz only in the days of the 25th - 27th December ten sold out afternoon and evening performances were organized. These events often have an emphasis on national character and, in some cases, a purely tendentious touch and are particularly popular with visitors. So, for example, in Hohenmauth, during a cabaret evening organised by a Prague concert director, a song is repeated several times because of its tendentic content. In this context, mention should be made of the activities of the choir of Czech teachers in Eastern Bohemia, which is also characteristic of the Czech teacherry at all.While on the one hand the attempt of a teacher to work with the district authority Königgrätt for war-related tasks during the days just before Christmas and - 5 -