English Translation

- 3 - to take over the protection of the Czech people by the leader, the protectorate has also been formed by the Czech national point of view in a completely legal way. The argumentation summarized under a) highlights the fundamental opposition of Czechism to Germanism as decisive. It undoubtedly corresponds to the real motives through which the Czech accused could be guided in their actions. A judgment that is based on this motivation gives the possibility to derive consequences for the whole Czech people (abolition of autonomy, resettlement, etc.). The disadvantage of this argument lies in the possibility that the defendants do not appear as criminals but as national champions of their ethnicity and that finally the national problem is expressed in its full strength. This may have undesirable consequences for the mood among the other foreign peoples belonging to the German people. In addition, the political literature spread among the Czechs (Werke Masaryks, etc.) has already been used in World War 19l4/18 as a struggle of Czechism. Slavendom against Germanicism is described and from this point of view represents the high treason sentences of the Austrian courts against Czech politicians as judgements of a national fighting justice. To the counter-wart transferred in particular panslavist thought courses could be stimulated. As regards the argument referred to in (b), it should be noted that the proceedings based on such an indictment may be based on: