English Translation

- 5 - "Polish Sokol Association" among other things substantial, despite a small number of importance, is also the foreign-socol of the Czechoslovak Sokol Community with 6 7oo members, which is grouped in a separate Gau Ausland and in most European countries, partly also with branches in Übersee, develops a lively activity. Development of the body education system under the Protectorate l. General situation. The general situation in the field of body education, as in all sectors of Czech life, was directly determined by general uncertainty and perplexity after the establishment of the protectorate. It was thus a continuation of the development of the disintegration which had already begun with the cession of the Sudetenland in September/October 1988. As far as the body-education associations themselves are concerned, a large part of them disappeared due to the disappearance of the remaining remnants of the former party organizations, in which the ČNS community took the place as a unitary party of the Czech people. In addition, a number of organizations dissolved themselves over the course of the months, e.g. Because of its anti-German tradition and attitude on the part of Germany, the Association of National Guards of Sagittarius signed in sport the Czech treaties in international shooting associations and also in the Olympic Committee. In addition, and this was his real subject, he placed the Czech Ministry of Defence, against the Czech army. In the event of an emergency, the association had the task of providing military services as an aid army and in case of unrest - especially in German areas - of strengthening the state security corps. The legionaries were in the ČsR with the main bearers of a Czech state idea, which was clearly anti-German out of the war tradition, and therefore also within politics in sharpest front position to the Sudeten Germanism. Like the National Guards of Sagittarius -6-