English Translation

Wehrmachtbemöglichter Prag. den... 28. uni ...1943 at the Reichsprotektor and XIX, Platz der Wehrmächt 5 V Commander Phone number 76 841 in the Wehrkreis Böhmen und Moravian Geheim. Betr.: Attitude of the German officer in the Bohemian-Märisches Raum. The call for total war has only a meaning if all actions, thoughts and words of the entire German people are directed towards this goal. In the representation of the idea of total war, the officer has to be leading. The present apparent standstill of the offensive warfare is only too easily induced by the lack of great obvious weapons successes to the layman to a pessimistic assessment of the overall situation. It is precisely now the duty of the officer, through his firmness and his belief in victory, to act as an example in his environment under all circumstances, including the avoidance of any gossip in the military and political fields, a positive attitude towards all organizations of military, political and economic governance. In the area of the Protectorate the attitude and expression of the officer, but especially his attitude towards the party, // and the organizations of the National Socialist state are at the center of the observation. The enemy draws his conclusions from this material flowing to him in the first line on the resistance and the resistance of the German people. I therefore stress the full responsibility of each individual official as a carrier of the will to defend and the morale of war. A violation of this obligation will find correspondingly serious punishment. >