English Translation

27 pc.5.Franke Proclamation of unclear accusation was possible. As official defender of me was the Prague lawyer and party comrade Dr. In the course of the two days, he understood how to prepare himself properly and in doing so, psychologically speaking, according to my guidelines: 6 he found such contact with Elias that he had made a significant contribution to the success of the President's excellent negotiation. Thierack was solemn, correct, and humanly generous, so that after his condemnation of praise, Elias was full of treatment at Stapo and Court. On the night before the trial, the lawyer told me that Elias had already agreed that he had to expect only one death sentence and that, on the basis of various conversations with the lawyer, he had come to the conviction that, in the interests of the Czech people, he would have to make a final remark serving the gathering. On the basis of this news, I had given permission, after careful consideration, for the Czech press to be admitted during the entire trial, also at the risk that Elias would still be inconvenient in the trial. At 1:45 p.m., according to the verdict of Elijah, he was sentenced to death. He now gave the following explanation in the negotiating room, i.e. in the presence of the Czech press, which he handwritten to the court: "Since 15 March 1939 I have been the firm over-procreation that a restoration of the old Czechosbvakei is politically impossible.