STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2750, sig. 109-14/53

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72 - 3 - because the Czechoslovak concept of state has documented its justification best through the uniform resistance of the whole Czech people and the equally mono- tylish striving of the entire people for freedom and independence.... But there are now some who are in favour of moderation in every respect, who only want to have carried out all measures piece by piece and indeed not obviously. Also in the ranks of the techechic people there are such cautious ones. Such a policy could still be declared justified or at least understandable in times of peace, but in such a fateful time as the present, it is almost poison, for it has an irritating, invigorating and disparaging effect.We have a clear example of the success of an unmoderate, evolutionary attitude when we consider the course of the past world war. At that time, the whole Czech people stood up for the ideal of the preheritage and self-esteem, and it finally contributed to the victory, today the situation is a similar, if not the same.And therefore today it is more necessary than ever, not to listen to the whining voices of "cautious" people, quite apart from the treacherous cry of such scoundrels as Mr Moravec, today it is necessary to commit oneself completely to the active struggle and to work as a closed whole towards the one goal of liberation and the nification of Nazism. I know that even in the Czech people és will always be against those who point out that Germany is the Lord of Central Europe, that it is too powerful, that people could deal with it today, that we would be completely destroyed, that the precious human life should not be put at risk and should rather be put into his fate today, otherwise the greatest sacrifices would be made for nothing. These denunciations are not uttered betrayers, but we botonten offerits, how harmful their reputations can affect the united resistance of the people. They lead their people into a greater danger than they themselves can understand with their well-meant temperamental orders. For today the Arieg has entered the decisive stage where it is necessary to move in full line to active resistance, where all existing forces must be mobilized. It is not true that the Nazis, already the demise in front of the eyes, can still be able to destroy our people. They no longer have the necessary forces to such a destructive work. They may well murder, but it will always be only individuals who fall victim to their annihilation rage, the power of a few volkes they no longer crack down on today The Germans are already so close to the coming catastrophe that they are fully occupied with themselves and their fate. And only the carrying out of a united resistance will one day be able to legitimize a people sufficiently before the eyes of the whole free world, and then it will be measured how the reward is to be provided..... If we focus our attention on the individual war scenes, we also notice clearly the sinking war luck of the Axis forces, whether it is the East, the West or the Mediterranean front or even the Japanese struggle in the Far East. Everywhere the cause of the Allies takes an unexpected upswing. Today, the outcome of this war is already quite clear and clear, our task can only be to shorten the war itself, in order to save a large number of human lives.