English Translation

2/ Cn The commander of the police of order at the Reichsprotector Frag, 23.9.1939. in Bohemia and Moravia - Ia - 0 1. Situation report No.8. 1. Behaviour of the population: a) German population: The victorious and rapid advance of the German trup= pen in Poland is followed with attention and enthusiasm by the people of Germany. The German army's armaments' fame greatly strengthens self-confidence and, in many cases, awakens the desire to help voluntarily, whether as a soldier, in border service or at the Ro= ten Cross. On the other hand, isolated cases have also been known, which reveal that some people's Germans are not aware of their position in the Protectorate and their task, e.g. Local owners, in whose locals Czech dirns are allowed, although there is a purely German population. Königgrätz reports that in the border districts there are often places visited by young boys from the Sudetengau, who seem to cross the border with passers-by=. They often come into serious disagreements with the Czech population that the German police were repeatedly forced to intervene. Such behaviour is an enormous harm to the German population. b) Czech population The behaviour of the Czech people has changed fundamentally since the outbreak of war in some areas. While Germany's conflict with Poland was once impatiently awaited, and it was then possible to get rid of it, one is surprised by the successes of the German army and disappointed by the repeated failure of England and France. In the population and in the day=