English Translation

The commander of the police of order at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Prague, 8.8.1939 Situation report no. 5. 1.) Behaviour of the population. a) German population The commitment to popularism appears more and more day by day in the people's interpretations; their appearance becomes more conscious and self-assured. It is supported by the training of the party in many places and by the popular German evenings of the German protection= police, which are more often held in small and medium-sized cities. The mood is confident and is strengthened especially in the countryside by the use of about 3 000 students to help harvest, with about 1 500 from the old= rich. In cities with a predominantly Czech population, the German tradesmen suffer greatly from the boycott of the Czechs. Cooperation with the party and the German services is good. b) The Czech population. Nothing has changed. If the newspapers also take a very loyal attitude= and bring understanding to the concerns of the empire=, and also more often work for a good cooperation with the empire, the population is almost