STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2754, sig. 109-14/57 Page 25 · 25 of 27
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2754, sig. 109-14/57
English Translation
-12- 4 1938 14 July The first baptism took place in the Protestant church under the sponsorship of K. Henlein. 28 August Heavy clashes between front fighters and Marxists beżm district front fighter meeting of the homeland sons in Altrohlau. Abg. K.H. Frank calls the Sudeten Germans to self-defense against Marxist terror. (tevehrbefell d (arter) 2. September The situation in the Sudeten-German region is getting more and more acute. K.Henlein tells the Führer on the Obersalzberg about the situation. Lo.September In Fischern the SdP folder Hahn was attacked from minor causes by Marxists, dragged to the guardroom and beaten by the police. The excited population forced his release. 7 injured, including three SdP members were taken to the hospital. 11.Sept. District leader Georg Wollner was received by the Englishman Lord Runciman at Castle Petersburg near Saaz. 12.Sep. On the occasion of the closing speech of the leader on the Reich Party Day in Nuremberg, in which he demanded right for the Sudeten Germans, a powerful demonstration for the return to the Reich came on the market hall square. From the roof of a bus, Kreisleiter Wollner spoke to those gathered at Teusende. The police had not to intervene the upsurge. 13.Sept. Everywhere is greeted with the German greeting and many times fluttered swastika flags. The front fighters see the on-call service. In the evening the right to stand is also imposed on the Karlovy Vary district. All shops are closed and traffic is paralyzed. The emission of the population is constantly increasing. The "Deutsche Tageszeitung" was confiscated. 14.Sept. During the night about 5o tsch. Tanks drove through Karlsbad to the border. In the morning the upper Schillerstraße stood up to the Egerstraße full of war equipment. A great escape from Karlovy Vary begins. Especially the Jews flee to Prague. Also the last spa guests leave the city. The long-distance connections are interrupted, the trains are overcrowded. For car taxis, outrageous prices are offered. Schools are closed, the factories shut down. Also the "time stops their appearance. When in the evening the fire raid on the party offices in Eger becomes known by the radio, there is a depressed stimulation in the city. 15.Sept. K.H.Frank sends a temporary ultimatum to the Czech government on behalf of the party. 15.Sept. The Egerbrücken are prepared by the tsch. military for detonation. All SdP officials, who had not fled, are arrested by the police. Anxiety purchases start. K.Henlein announces through the radio: "We want to