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

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- 2 mood became much more German-friendly; now 7 but after the conclusion of the Ankara-Paris-London Pact it has become worse, sometimes even German-enemy. Although the press still shows a positive attitude towards the rich, the Czech population does not believe the German-enhancing press voices in the most distant way as the whispering propaganda. This is an incident in Tabor, where, as a result of the reorganisation of the police in the Protectorate, the company lying there was transferred to Königgrätz. However, whisper propaganda spread among the population the rumor that the Russians were standing on the border of Bohemia and therefore the Germans would leave Tabor in a curse. A former Czech officer was even seduced into anrempeleien and was taken into custody. Another significant example: the trams must be marked German and Czech according to a decree of the Reichsprotektor; the conductors must proclaim the stops in German and in Czech. For the 30.9.39 it had been spread through whisper propaganda that in protest against these measures no Czechs should be allowed to ride the tram.In fact, the tramways were empty except for very few passengers - mostly Germans. The next day the trams were used again. However, the decisive people of the National Community (the NS has 90% of the votes of the Czech people) founded this boycott of the tramways with the fact that they had boycotted not because of the German inscription, but because of Jews who would use the tramway daily. The Communists were made responsible for this boycott by the authorities. October 28 is the Czech Republic's State Day. Demonstrations have been announced for this day, radical elements have even threatened people's Germans with death, whisper propaganda spreads, Benesch stands ante portas.