English Translation

-7- Immediately after the invasion of the German army, a uniform Czech sports organization was to be created on the basis of the Sokol, for which state president Hácha appointed his own clerk in the "Národ-ni souručenstvi". The negotiations lasted for several months and finally failed due to the refusal of the clerical gymnastics association "Orel", which he justified by the fact that the "Orel" had to realize a cultural and religious program in addition to the ideas of the purely physical. Today's situation in the field of physical education. The attempts to unite all Czech associations in a single organisation did not produce a positive result, as explained above. However, this fact should not lead to the conclusion that the educational work of the individual associations was paralyzed. It can be noted in the counter-part that the organization of the individual associations has become more streamlined and their work has become inward and outwardly more intense. Especially the Sokol carries out lively propaganda and advertising campaigns in recent months. In numerous press releases, it was called upon to bear the Sokol badge, which is the most honorable symbol of the Czech people. -ed all events that have been held in recent months to strengthen the Czech national consciousness, the Czech Associations of Body Education were significantly involved. The partly provocative decoration of Czech thinkers takes place even if with strong participation of these associations. The political line of the individual associations is in general uniform and is decisively determined by the elements introduced from the army, legionaries' associations, etc. into the body education associations. It is chauvinistic and, in a partly open, but mostly hidden form, highlights the idea of the Czech people's defence and defence education. This is characterised by discussions and negotiations that have just been conducted by the Sokol recently. After this, the political education of the Sokol youth is to be taken over by the youth organization of the ČNs community. The physical, especially the military education, will continue -8