STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2736, sig. 109-14/39

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- 8 - Mother needs to shed a tear, because her son, fighting as a soldier on the front, has fallen, and that the performance and share of the Tscech people in this war has only to insist in tireless work for the kingdom! It would be time for all rumors about the confiscation of Czechs for military service and for use with the weapon at the front to be silenced. In general, the question of the present for the Czechs does not mean: What will happen to us, but can only mean: what do we have to do today? The tasks and duties of the Germans in Bohemia and Moravia are greater. Reinhard Heydrich is also an example in their fulfilment. They are equal to the duties of all Germans in the vast empire and are even more special and perhaps more difficult, because they are to be fulfilled in the mixed-völker region. The historical size of today's events demands of every German, in every position and in every location, the most exemplary attitude. The supreme principle has to be: the whole life and the whole work belong to leaders and kingdoms. Every people's comrade has to serve and help the fighting front with the conscious reassurance of all the personal conveniences and advantages that exist. We do not know how long this war lasts, we only know that as long as it lasts we will have to stand through and stand through. In other words, the war will last until the German final victory. To never let this knowledge, as well as the belief in the kingdom and the trust to become the leader, is also a special German task in this area. It is easier where Germans live and create together, it requires special credibility and commitment for some Germans on a solitary post, which is often in the midst of a hostile environment, exposed to daily whispers and harassment, which has to hold the German position. We know and value the needs and concerns of these men and women, our special protection belongs to them, the kingdom guarantees their safety. In general, the living German generation, since it has been welded together by the leader to the community, achieves maximum achievements in all areas as never before in the