STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1906, sig. 109-5/134

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59 2l In Prerau (OLB Olmü z) a Wehrmacht order was attacked by two Czechs on the night of 3 March. Since the attackers escaped unrecognized and could not be detected, five leading Czechs (two teachers, two directors and one doctor) known as German enemies were arrested as an atonement measure. The German Franz Focher in Chotieborsch (OLB Pardubitz) is often insulted by his Czech hostess, and she needs "German Bagage" and the like. In addition, the doorway is adjusted with household equipment to let the blind woman of the focher fall over it. A public German from Studena (OLB K:lin) was sent a threatening letter containing inflated insults and accusations by the post office, in which it says, among other things: ".... We want you to torture yourself to death, the heart to break apart, so that you can't die and roar like an animal." The German direct and a German official of the postal savings bank in Prague received anonymous letters, in which they were beaten with hangings. The German master craftsman Werner in Hradek (OlB Pilsen) is often called to threats such as "Look at this birch, you will hang there once" etc. His wife, although she is a Czech, is in trouble when shopping, and he will also be addressed to her. A German student from Rossitz (OLB Pardubitz) was insulted and beaten several times on the school route by technical students; in Luhatschowitz (OLb Zlir) four young Czech Bur-abor ir BiM-Ange- hoards threw stones at them. The general opposing attitude also stems from a harshly negative attitude of the Czech population towards the action of the German children's land dispatch. Already in the search for suitable accommodation possibilities, Czech authorities, official offices and the like of the population were confronted with considerable lack of interest and in individual cases passive resistance. The highlight is the hand grenade attack on the KLV camp "Světla" in Groß-Meseritsch. Already the arrival of the children in themselves offered the Czech whisper propaganda welcome material for Coruchte different Ärt; there were conclusions on the military situation of the empire, which its children from the