STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2180, sig. 109-9/4

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9 37 - 3 - to help. Therefore also Germanism has and in it again above all we have to fulfil a historical task of the SS in this country. With the integration of the countries of Bohemia and Moravia into the Great German Reich this area has become unchangeable and for all times Reichsland and thus of course and urgent German area of interest. Just like all other countries of the Empire, the Protectorate now has only one task: to contribute as part of the Reich to the victory of the Kingdom. Our duty is to solve this task in this area completely and up to the last. As far as the contribution of Germanism has to be made, we want to march SS men at the top and be a role model. If in this struggle of the Czech contribution should fail, or if we even want resistance, we SS men want to be the toughest in breaking the resistance and in destroying the opponent. One thing must be clear to us, comrades: at the moment when we trust ourselves to achieve this additional achievement, we must also know that our duty and obligation is a greater one than that of all