A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1753, sig. 109-4/1508

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forulrimy Response of the Deputy Reich Protector to the speech of the President Dr. Hacha on 15.3.43 at the Prague Castle. from: "Thank you, Mr President, for the commitment of absolute success and unwavering loyalty to the leader, which you have just expressed to me in your own name and for the protectorate government. I will gladly convey this to the Pührer, because I know that most of the Czech population of Bohemia and Moravia is faithful to you and your government, contrary to all hostile claims, and that this is proven again and again by exemplary work for the great war decision. I have received with pleasure and satisfaction the large-scale announcement in the Lucerne Hall in Prague and the approval of the whole Protectorate of all the open words of e-Secretary of State Frank report. Even abroad, the Czech people of Bohemia and Moravia, under their leadership, Mr President, have had to take note of the fact that, in view of the threat to the whole of Europe, and thus also to the culture of the Bohemian and Moravian countries through criminal Bol-shewism, they are willing to finally and truly know the seriousness of the situation, to act accordingly and to take the temporary restrictions and sacrifices willingly. It was in the spirit of the generous policy of our leader, who, after the common assassination of SS leader Heydrich, gave the Czech people an opportunity to atone for the sake of the Czechs, once again being told openly by the German side about which