English Translation

93 Sidherheitsdienst RF4 Prag=Bubentich, 7 June 1942. SD section Prague Sachlenrveg Fernfprecher 77444 IIIC in N 273442 Mood report. Subject: Death of the Deputy Reich Protector 4-Obergruppenführer H e y d r i c h . Introduction: Zul. here geh.B.N. 2732/42 III C v. 6.6.42. The general situation and mood is essentially unchanged. There are still no voices from the Czech side, with the exception of the working class, which express a genuine participation in the demise of the Obergruppenführer. Among the German population of a small town of the Pro- tectorate it was unfavorable that, while there was a general sadness about the death of the Obergruppenführer, a department of air news workers marched through the city with cheerful march songs. By the German workers in the OLB Iglau the radio speech of the minister Moravec of the 4.6th was strongly observed. Predominantly Moravec was called Judas, who twisted the facts. It was almost a mockery that, almost immediately after the words of Minister Mo- ravec, according to which every Czech allegedly abhorred the assassination, the shooting was announced by many Czechs, who cited their consent to the assassination as the reason for their shooting. The uncertainty and fear of draconian measures in the Czech population over the last few days led to an increase in rumor formation. The origin of these rumors is to be sought mainly in the uncertainty about the development in the next time. Thus it is said that as a result of the demise of the upper group -2-