STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2590, sig. 109-12/238 Page 14 · 14 of 9
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2590, sig. 109-12/238
English Translation
1t - 3 '- Dispute between Sudeten-Germanism and Czech Re- gation described in detail, and the subsection "Unreason until the end" provides the proof that the delusion of the broad Czech masses continued until the last day. IV.AbSchnnitt: THE BITTERE CONCERNING FROM A GREAT TRAUM. Under the heading "The beginning disillusionment" it is pointed out that a very small group of clear thinking Czechs fought in vain against the planned incitement and seduction of the masses of the Czech people. It is also emphasized that these voices were mostly found in the agricultural sector. In the subsection "The end of a twenty-year-old path of error", the voices of delusion and anger over the unfaithful allies, as well as voices of the hone from England, are then mentioned. After a fleeting account of Palacky's myth of history, this section describes the attitude of the Czechs during the Franco-German War of l87o/7l by the help of numerous press voices CaCOl. As a source of this, only the leaf of Czech intelligence "Národní Listy" was taken. A reduction of about one third of the quotations is possible without affecting the effect of the retention.