English Translation

Security Service RF4 Prague, 20.2.1940. SD section Prague 101 B 2 Office of the State Secretary SA at the Reichsspcotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Eing.: 21.FEB.1940 To Tgb. Nr.: 1253 Mr. State Secretary at the Imperial Protector in Bohemia & Moravia, 4-group leader K.H. Fr a n k, Prague Czerninpalais. $/ Betr.:_ Relationship between the German Wehrmacht and the civilian population in the Oberlandrat district of Klattau. Vorg.: Excluding. d About the relationship between members of the German 12012.40. Wehrmacht against the Czech and German population in the Oberlandrat district of Klattau became aware of the following: With the withdrawal of the 4vT units, the attitude of the Czech population towards soldiers of the German Wehrmight has changed fundamentally. The Czech population is largely concerned with showing the greatest respect to the members of the German Wehrmacht. In general, the courteous behaviour of the officers is known among the Czechs, which is interpreted to mean that the majority of the officer corps belong to the nobility and they have to behave accordingly, in the opinion of Czechs. When HvT units were stationed in the area of the Oberlandrat district of Klattau, the rumour spread among the Czech population that these four men had participated in the fights in Poland and had not taken prisoners there. The presence of these 82 44 men alone flowed to the Czech people an un-b.w.