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172 - £ - Dr. Drtina: Today for the first time we celebrate two 28, October, today we are not only springing our State Day, but also the day when the Czech people showed their unbreakable will to freedom with great joy. today we celebrate not only 28 October l9l8, but also 28 October I939. We celebrate the most beautiful day and also the saddest day of the fate of our people. The Czech people, which lies under the paws of the nat.soz. beast, has shown that nothing can intimidate it, neither by the German soldiers, nor by the Gestapo. The truth cannot be suppressed, the truth wins, the tsehech last year. The people expressed the will of a free people, of a self-confident people. The people made known their will, in the awareness of their right. The nation was bound but unbroken. The faithful Czechs of Prague had the hat to declare that the moment had come when they wanted to speak themselves. And they spoke loudly, despite the prohibitions of the Germans and despite the good Zuroden of the weak and small-minded among us. They protested against the dependence on Berlin, against the 15th larz lğ39, the proteltor and the protectorate. And this protest was so beautiful because it was expressed eye after eye with the German guns, bayonet, Gestapo and Ss. The voice of the people could not silence the Germans, despite the 4o.ooo deuteche soldiers were set up and Prague and in contrast the Czechs had nothing but their brave hearts and their armsless hands. Until the evening the lukewarm after the plethora did not storm, the shouts: The republic live, long live freedom, live Benesh! Only in the evening the shots of the Germans, to which the finally cursed had taken. But until the evening, the Germans had also failed to realize that the Czech people did not surrender and the gente world had realized that the predilection in the Czech nation did not die, that it fought for them. The great deed of the Prague people had succeeded. It cost Opier. Today we do not know how many were there, but these victims were not in vain. They cost pain, suffering, arrests, but ed stood for it. This necessary sacrifice was good and brought us advantages. We must not forget that it was not the last of the Pragues who led to the recognition of the csl. government on 1 July 1994o here in London. Jeh am proud to assure you of this. The recognition that we receive is valid not only for our alloy, but also for your intrepidity. Today we celebrate therefore in Zuicunft 28.Oct. Both are Stnata holidays, both belong to a femininity and a Jdeal.Okto 28.1918 means Preude, the 28.oct.1939 means pain. But all the more this 28 October 1939 obliges us, because on this day blood flowed, our Czech and our just blood, which makes us feel: endure and do not slacken! Minister Němec: Expensive Preunde, I speak to you today as a member of a generation who has only a heavy burden on the Schieksal. Jch already lived under the Austrian monarchy and was a lit song of a people who had no national freedom. On 28 October lgl8 the techech people became lord of his own being again. Jn few hours disappeared everything that remembered the time of his university. In a few hours the people had gained their own state independence, which allowed them to establish their own life. Then followed year after year of the csl. republic. The people had the ability to show their abilities. We can all be proud of what we have done during the years of our career. We had - 4 -