STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2741, sig. 109-14/44

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SD-Sonderkommando Prag 108 raids and sabotage acts against the German Wehrmacht: On 22 April 1939 the shooter Johann Höcker was attacked and beaten to the ground by 5 unknown escaped Czechs in the area of Budweis. The soldier was alone on a duty to the station, where parts of his batallon were loaded. On 22nd and 23rd April 1939 German Wehrmacht members were sprayed with hydrochloric acid from behind in Pilsen. In the restaurants, German Wermacht residents who are not powerful in the Czech language are mocked and insulted in the worst way. In Vessely the telephone cables of the army were destroyed by expert hand in several places. Anti-German demonstrations: On April 2nd, 1939 in Prossnitz the German enemy play "Pschlavši* (The Dogheads) behind closed doors was performed. Since the occupation the Czech theatre company rested in Prozsnitz. The performance of this piece on April 2nd, 1939, therefore, has a demonstrative character. On the occasion of the festive performance of the "Sold Bride" held in the Prague National Theatre on the evening of April 26th, 1939 there was a lecture by a Czech National Theatre.