English Translation

The commander of the police at the Imperial Protector of Prague, 22 January 1940. Office of the State Secretary in Bohemia and Moravia - Ia - at Reidhspeotektot N in Bohemia, Moravia. Eing. 24 January 1940 $α. Situation report No. 1gb. No. l. 7015.48. E3SBEASSEEEEEEEO 1.) Behaviour of the population. a) German population: A particularly significant change in the attitude of the people German is not to be noticed. Their attitude and attitude is still good; the belief in the victory of Germany is firm. The results of the collections for the KwíW and the public Ein= stepfessen always prove a particularly great will to sacrifice - especially taking into account the still existing emergency in some respects. The mood of the poorer sections of the population is also considerably enhanced by the welfare action of the NSv. The active participation in party events shows that now also the scattered Germans in some areas show interest in the interests of the party and seek a closer contact with Germanism. The Sonnwend and Jul celebrations carried out in the battalions, to which the people's Germans from the care areas were invited, contributed to the consolidation of the comradely relationship. b) The Czech population: There has been no change in the attitude of the Czech population, but its negative attitude - especially of intellectual circles - is still unmistakable.However, the intellectual circles are due to the Prague events, the appeal of President Dr. Hácha and the serious warnings of the Secretary of State Frank in their harsh-denial attitude have become somewhat more restrained. There is still a lively whispering propaganda; the spiritual authors of this propaganda are mainly to be sought in the ranks of the former Czech officers, the clergy, the teachers and the Jews. Rumours were spread in various ways, which caused a considerable concern to the population. Thus, e.g. in Moravia,-Ostrava the assumption of rich German money was often denied, on the grounds that there were allegedly many counterfeit coins under it. A large number of Jews and Czechs were warned or arrested by the Gestapo for German and anti-state statements.