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

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-6= 5a more much expected and wants to warn and protect against dangers. He closes with no flaming appeal and leans tiredly on the desk he stretches out both hands and asks his little mayors for their trust in him and the government, for calm, order and prudence, so that the Czech people can continue to stand. With the greeting of his raised hand, waving more a "servus", he closes. Visibly sincere applause claps off. Now the district captain thanks Palme, obviously deeply moved by the previous impressions of the celebration and the words of the mini-ster. He, too, says nom, when in his official greeting and closing speech, which, like all the marques in him, had always been "advised" by the German side, he makes a sincere pledge of loyalty in the name of all. Now the hymns sound. In the first part of Germany, one already notices the expectations of the Czech end to the souls. The raised arms, recently unfamiliar to this activity, become tired and sinking. Even benert's hand would like to support. However, the first notes of the "Kde domov muj" tighten posture and faces, eyes become programmatic moist and dreamy. The celebration is closed. Now Bienert descends and ght among your people, shakes hands with his local mayors, speaks with every personal word and says: "Believe me, I mean well with you", goes to the orchestra's Kapellmeister and thanks him. This obviously does well. Adjutant Palát must keep the address of the musicians, they too should receive a donation for their art, then he leaves the ceremonial hall. On the court stands a group of urban workers. When Beenert comes, they want to leave modestly, he calls them back, he speaks to them; again in his father's way, he is made aware that these workers had repaired the hall, which was before the shell, with special rock and zeal in a short time, and for this they give the workers 2.ooo.- K. He beckons to the photographer in the vicinity, he may not want to have captured this donation as a pose. The photographer is also questioned about his children and Palát has to write again that the little child from Prague is to be brought a joy. At the court the technical emergency aid started, diastverpflichtte 00873 ./. Archive