STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2750, sig. 109-14/53 Page 149 · 149 of 190
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2750, sig. 109-14/53
English Translation
129 - 5 - The interlocutors made a living and humanly orderly impression throughout. In their aberrations, in which they often condemned the assassination attempt with a certain passion, they did not feel isolated, but always pretended that all their canerades were of the same opinion as they themselves and in all professional circles the assassination was completely condemned. In contrast, it could be noted that the workers in the general and combed yarn spinning mill in Neugedein described the recorded radio reports as a propaganda matter of the German and not of the Czech radio and that the worker involved in the reportage was boycotted throughout the day by the other workers who did not speak to her. The transfer of the coffin with the mortal remains of the J-Obergruppen leader Heydrich from the Bulowka hospital to the castle in the evening hours of June 3. had become little known in the public. Moody effects on this have not become loud. The population, however, is concerned with the question of whether the body of the Deputy Reich Protector will be transferred to Berlin or whether the burial will take place in Prague. Almost all of us are convinced that the state act will be taking place in Berlin, since the leader, with great care that the terrorists are still in Prague, will refrain from coming here. The radio address of Minister Moravec of 4.6.42, on the occasion of the demise of the Obergruppenführer, made a lasting impression after the reports available so far. For example, Czechs from Kladno said: "If we had such a government from the beginning, we would be better written to the Germans". It is often assumed that this speech, despite some points, - 6 -