STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2186, sig. 109-9/10 Page 70 · 70 of 117
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2186, sig. 109-9/10
English Translation
58 Today there are only small illegal communist groups in the Protectorate, the broad mass of the Czech population rejects the extradition of their homeland to Bolshevism by Benesh. It is only too well known that Benesch, if his egoism demands it, is always willing to connect -wemnee-@ein must also connect with the devil. Such and similar expressions were made to me just in the last few days by leading figures of the former Czech agricultural party, the social democrats, the Catholic Czech People's Party, and the Czech Trade Party. 3. Question: Has the idea of the Reich taken root in the Czech people since the establishment of the Protectorate? Have the advantages of belonging to the Reich prevailed in the consciousness of the Czech population? Are the masses behind the politics of the President Hácha?a0 Answer: The prime witness to the idea of the Reich is actually the history of the Bohemian people itself; also their recent epoch. They know that, in the forgotten century, contrary to the fact that the Czech people belonged to the Reich for almost a thousand years, the political doctrine was imprinted on them that only by a permanent struggle against Germanism and the Reich could the Czechs maintain their national heritage. The attempt to realize this anti-retirementism politically in 20 years' time led Deit to the collapse of the Czech state and inevitably led to a return to Jdart Ahfd's ideas. It is obvious that such an all-bur gugelauan radical political consistency initially only be-Opdeningbmapl Iar a e da e M gr and the strength of character have to be forgotten of all hindrances and dangerous mental baggage of the mrth.