GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 701, sig. 110-4552

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4a - 4- newly designed town hall courtyard, where the official festive meeting is held in the old pre-dawn courtyard, rebuilt by the mayor under the title "repair" and built in style. The police stand trellis. Critically, he looks at every mana from head to foot, checks uniform and coupling for seat and cleanliness and finds out grumblingly, "better than in Prague". This frame is again emphasized autonomously. Only Czech participants, in the first rows the tops of the Czech authorities and as guests of honour the municipal authorities of the Leuner district, especially favorablely set the municipal leaders from the partisan area, then the followers of the city office and the district hearing. At the end of the hall, not visible, - the orchestra of the czech music organization one in Laun. The festive meeting on the left and right, framed by the walkers with the minister, is so dear to the police and gendarmerie. The escort of the minister nimples on the podium place and instead of the expected speeches the music sounds up. It is Smetana, the prelude to the opera "The Kus-". The congregated listen with devotion. The violins and flutes quickly take listeners into a spell through this original melody and touch their hearts. Bienert, sitting in his armchair a little bit indiscriminately, cared for by his Paladin Palát, who stands behind him, listens attentively to the klägen. With the touching sounds of Smetana, the festive assembly, minister and Zunörer, also becomes a community of people. After the German opening sentence, District Chief Palme spoke Czech about his warm welcome to this receptive atmosphere. Then the minister, i.e. he begins, tiredly leaning on the speaker's desk, spoke Czech to read the speech from his concept. He reads with a quiet, somewhat monotonous voice, speaks of the precepts of time to the administration and, after purely technical words, slowly comes into the political. The audience does not seem to have expected this. For Laun has already seen and hoarded some ministers. So Dr. Kamenický, who had spoken to his people in a purely official manner and in a technically dry manner as the highest boss, only from work, little from politics and at the end his hand moved more to a wave than to a German greeting upwards. Then "ih en Dr. Hruby", enitra 00874 ./. Archt