STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1902, sig. 109-5/130 Page 75 · 75 of 174
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1902, sig. 109-5/130
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Prague, 2.4.1943. tobstaqs peedeusnplepeu eoougen S cetgoc e u .lelzit Tebttirtaieeaeirx neglblsd Betr.: Draft Lamb report (March 1943). LoVSd t Teven areoss 'g Det geu meb negnumdenretnrviaceilo eretiew.eb At the beginning of last month, the Czech population was mainly under the impression of the protectorate government at the NENCE TEPERgTEeU NECU on 26.2. In the first two months of this year, the German anti-German sentiment, which was largely triggered by the successes of the Russian winter offensive, was surprisingly quickly reversed by a general disillusionment which was achieved by the vast majority of the Czechs. This time, even by the UNSCOU efforts of unlearnable Czechs, which they sought to present as evil propaganda machinations of S0, etc., could not be mitigated. Individual points of the speech, such as the question of labor, the expansion of Czech peasants, the chapter Benesch, etc, were the subject of lively discussions for a long time. genedensdl CTLSNEODGU Since the middle of the month, the Czechs began to deal with the political and military situation more strongly. Here too, obviously under the impression of the speech and not least as a result of the German resistance and the failure of the Soviet Russian offensive, in which all expectations had been set, a noticeable disillusionment could be observed, BnCTeSRCEOCp, which continued until the end of the month. While the majority of Czechs, out of fear of a Bolshevization of this space in the event of a possible defeat of Germany in Cedervce US BorCea, took note of an inner discord - in which they actually did not want a victory of Saneceol Germany or the Soviet Russia - the stabilization of LoonneJEnS on the eastern front partly with a certain degree of reluctance, partly with sadness Ter JEORMERONCSR, some voices were already voiced, which blamed England and Amerika for the prolongation of the war, because they had not yet intervened in the war despite all promises, in the sense expected by the Czechs. A wait-and-see dissatisfaction with the military situation, which became more and more apparent in the course of the German success reports from the East and which led to a certain openness towards German concerns, tried chauvinistic Czechs, by a b.w., which was again more strongly operated, especially towards the end of the month.