STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1793, sig. 109-5/21

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The Commander of the Order Police 1/ at the Imperial Protector Prague, 27.12.1939. in Bohemia and Moravia -Ia- Düvo of the State Secretary at the Reidhspcotektor in Bohemia, and Moravia. $.a.d. Eing.: 29. DEZ.1939 Tgb. Ne... Management report PSEEEESE9 AES 1.) Behaviour of the population. a) German population: The attitude of the German population is confident despite the persistent German = hostile attitude of Czechs. The war winter = help work and the public stew dinners found great appeal. Evening events of the police formations in the places where scattered Germans live were joyfully welcomed and contributed to the strengthening of the self-awareness and resistance of the people Germans. The visit of the Reich Youth Leader in Prague and Iglau was especially welcomed and grateful by the people German youth. Both cities wore rich flag ornaments. At one of the rallies organized, State Secretary 4-group leader F r a n k sent a final serious warning to the Czech people and urged them not to regard the present state as temporary, but to finally agree to it and to create within the framework of the Great German Empire - in positive cooperation with the German population - for the benefit of their own people. b) Czech population: Due to the events in the last days of November, the Czech people behaved even more negatively and more reluctantly against all Germans than before. The closure of the universities for a period of three years has caused great concern and the awareness that this has taken away the Czech people for a long time the possibility of forming spiritual leaders has caused a special bitterness. The students shot are regarded as national heroes and the martyrs established in the concentration camps. The attitude of the Czech press is still German-friendly=lich. It emphasizes a positive cooperation with the Reich. However, this German-friendliness of the press does not correspond to the actual mood, the foreign broadcasts are still eagerly heard and spread on a conversational basis.