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Ma - 2 - to be assured. Similar fears were expressed in a statement by Count Küenburg from Jung-Woschitz, Bez. Tabor, who explained that reprisals may be taken against the nobility, since the assassins are unfortunately members of the aristocracy. In any case, the best is not to expose themselves at all at the time. A characteristic of the attitude of a part of the nobility should also be the opinion of the prince couple, who, according to the report of a Czech, expressed himself to the Führer's attack as follows: "If the assassination had been committed by a Communist or a Social Democrat or also by someone else, one would have understood, but that it . The speech directed primarily against the aristocracy by Dr. Ley immediately after the assassination continues to excite the nobles. The director of a Prague seed company, Count Dr. Karl Widmann, telephoned Count Stubenberg from Geiersberg, informed that the Führer had ordered Dr. Ley to take back his accusations against the nobility at the intervention of the Reich's Foreign Minister. Dr Ley had complied with this order in the presence of the Förder and in front of a small circle of nobility. According to a report to be received with reservation, adeliges of the area of Budweis were alleged to have staged the attack on the leader by the Reichsführer-iy. They had sought a hand against the nobility, since the great merits of the aristocracy in this war were not to be extinguished in any other way. It is also worth noting that in the last few weeks an approach to the nobility of anti-German Czech elements could be found, since this could be regarded as a mental partner by the attack in its anti-NS attitude. 5 1.1. L5umes 6°160 deai wev t-Sturmbannfl ihrer