A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 577, sig. 109-4324

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- 2 - the two German officers were forced to greet the Czech folk anthem with their hands raised. In the following musical part of the evening, the symphony orchestra FOK, conducted by the conductor Diviš, brought works by A.Dvořák (Slavic Dances 1st part) F.Schubert (Symphonie H minor) and R.Wagner (Tannhäuser) with a very good lecture to be heard Around 10 pm the event was finished. In Vlajka circles, the lack of attendance at this event is attributed to an alleged boycott, mainly on the part of the NG, and partly also to the fact that the ban on assembly had already become known and that many of them had thought that the concert would fail. The cNsT Vlajka had probably sent invitations to this event in bilingual form, but the admission cards were kept only in one language, although they were also attached to the honorary cards sent to German services. Rys announced the ban on operating within the Vlayka with circular dated 20.4.42. The accompanying translation of an original shows that Rys could not avoid expressing his opinion in a hidden way.