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72 Remote oral message from SD department Tabor. Recorded by Ms. Rainer WOOLgOL eslleval darnl on 2.1.0.41, 23.25. in SD-LA.Prague. Betr.: Tagesbericht 214. COD0E In increasing perplexity and fear the Czechs abstain in the majority of all opinion acidification. However, there is an increasing bitterness in feeling and seeing excitement. However, here and there, remarks are being made which show that they are beginning to understand the seriousness of the situation and understand the justification of the interpretation of the point of view and proposals of some measures. In particular, the rural population shows itself here as the more comprehensible element. Thus farmers at Sobieslau/Bez.Tabor said: "It is war and therefore understandable that a state in the hinterland does not tolerate pigeries". In smaller civil servants and workers classes of Tabor, the announced sharp German measures against the Schleich-handel were very well received, as correctly and long ago due axkgrw zx described. Reports from different areas indicate that these very measures in many cases lead to a more sober assessment of the shootings. It was even said that the judgments have very often taken the right ones. Above all, the condemnation of the Jews was approved. In general, the voices which the Jews call the originator of all evils increase. In Tabor in recent days the interest of the Czechs in the newspapers has increased greatly. They find reiBende paragraph, evening sheets are sold out sechon in the early afternoon. In the restaurants of Tabor a decrease of the number of visitors is to be remembered. The women do not let their men into the inn for fear that there could be unpleasant consequences there. The smell formation is recently limited to the assertion that the number of the shot is actually much higher, as well as partly known, partly new nonsense rumors about Frhr.v.Neurahth. Thus, this should stay until his reinstatement with Czech noblemen. Neurath, since he is a nobleman, would never have resorted to such measures as Heydrich. The NG district secretary Poláček of Tabor told that Prague came to the conclusion that the Prague NG leadership had lost its head. Mrazik, Nebesky and secretary Švihlik had been arrested. Eliáš was the victim of the plots and seduction b.w.