STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2531, sig. 109-12/178 (damaged)

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52 of the Czech national rebirth showed the way. Leipzig and its music publishers opened the way for the greatest Czech composer into the world. But you can discover the soul of the German nation in your ways. From Furer Arbeitsstätte you have already realized that the German man is a good person, full of self-sacrifice towards the national whole and without hatred towards you Czech workers. Meet with the German Kenschen also outside the work, for his joys, his longing and the whole kind of his life C c Hidden pubs of the last rank, which, unfortunately God, are the refuge of a large part of the Czech workers. Do not indulge in alcoholic pleasures and sexual debauchery, which harm the body and destroy the spirit. Don't pay homage to the card game that is also useless for the money your women, children or parents are waiting for at home. You must act everywhere as disciplined workers and proud sons of the Czech nation. Be aware of your human and national honors and forgive yourself nothing through various arrogances and vilifications. Only in this way will you be ready to approach the German people and their beautiful and great homeland. Yes, you are committed to your national service. In the German milieu you are their representatives. According to the impression that your appearance is causing, the whole Czech nation is judged. And this nation has an interest in this judgment being favourable. And you are also obliged to take good care of all the peculiarities, brews and facilities of the German nation, so that you can report at home or during visits and dispel ignorance and incomprehension. You are thus making an important contribution to the approximation of the Czech and German nations, which is a historical commandment of the common *ebenraum. If you complete this task well, you also give part of your guilty thanks to the kingdom, which gave you work and support to your families in the most difficult times.