STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1793, sig. 109-5/21 Page 60 · 60 of 67
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1793, sig. 109-5/21
English Translation
xo.it. The commander of the police at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Prague, July 24, 1939. 3 Situation report No.4. 1./ Behaviour of the population. a German population. The appearance of the people Germans, in particular their commitment to Germanism, becomes safer and more definite. By the further expansion of the party divisions the German population is becoming more and more grasped; thus the cohesion - especially of the Germans in closed settlement areas - has improved considerably. In general, it is noted that frequent stripes have a beneficial effect on the commitment of the people of Germany to Germanism and considerably facilitate the work of the political leaders. The planned establishment of a Czech Re=gebietstruppe partly has a disturbing effect on the German population, because it is feared that the Germans will be put under pressure again in the places where neither Wehrmacht nor Poli = zei is stationed. b) Czech population. The Czech population retains its rejection=de and anti-German attitude. Although the whispers=propaganda has not increased in scope, the anti-Dutch propaganda continues to work with all the means available to it. The Czechs still hope for a favourable development in connection with the Polish Fra=. They expect an upcoming war, partly, especially \D