English Translation

-14- 1938 The local government of the SdP issued a call to keep the peace. 23 Sept. 1938 The German daily newspaper has already been seized by a few days. The Prague newspapers have failed and the "Volkswille" and "The Czechoslovak Bath Newspaper" have stopped their appearance. In the city there is indescribable cheer about the political victory of the leader. 24 Sept. The Czech Republic plays its last card. During the night, the mobilization of the Czech army is ordered. A depressed mood lies over the city. Again, the military moves with tanks through the town. Many respected citizens are held hostage and deported to the interior of the country. Marxists and Jews are eager to serve spy services. The young people flee across the border or into the Wäider. Rail traffic is interrupted. The Czech army marches up at the border. About the changed situation the leader sends a memorandum to the English government. Mussolini declares that his place will be in the case of warlike entanglements at the side of Germany. Sept. 25 Guest and coffee houses are empty, the streets as if died out. Czech military constantly rattles fire- ready through the city. 26 Sept. A speech of the leader is said for the evening in radio. The police order for the delivery of all radios. The electric power is switched off. Nevertheless, the speech of the Führer in the Berlin Sports Palace was spread by many who had not delivered the appeals. The Führers demands the immediate eviction of the Sudeten German territory by the Czechs and informs that he will march in on 1 October. The "Deutsche Tageszeitung" will stop its appearance. The airfield is rendered useless and built on the Karlovy Vary plateau by the Czech military trenches. 29 Sept. The "Munich Agreement" solves the sudetenGerman question peacefully. The Czechs have to surrender the Sudetenland to the Reich. This news triggers tremendous joy in the population. 1. October The invasion of the German troops begins. The state police clear the offices. Only the state defense guards continue to carry out their mischief. The seized radio receivers are re-followed by their owners. October 2 Konrad Henlein is appointed Reichskommissar für des Sudeten- Land.