THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43

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For all these reasons Jan Rys must not call himself vlastec. It is clear to all of us what is going on. There is a fundamental difference between the Czechs who call themselves nationalists and solzhens who are Vlastenci. Jan Ry's Kexkkx Käxi Krychtálek, Ryba, Kremen and Dr. Vaitaur, are for example Národoyci against were and are our great men like Dobrovský, Šafařik, heirs, Palacký , Havliček, Neruda, Smetana, Tyrš , Svatopluk, Čech, Dvorak, Colonel Švec, the soldier Kudrna? Our legionaries, our murdered students, our fallen men on the Marne, our soldiers and planes in England - all of them and our brothers in the Kzvs and all millions of Czechs who resist Germanization, harder than after the Battle of the White Mountain - all are Vlastenci and know what to think of the others, the traitors. We warn you all not to do anything to prevent Jhr from being suspected of being nationalists. We understand not only that Jhr confesses and reports to you to the nationalists, but that Jyr does not act as patriots and does not do your duty in daily life to fulfill the Jhr as citizens of the csl. state. No one can believe that he will stay away from this suspicion if he does nothing bad, if he is not a member of the Vlajka, the Sva topluk Guards, the so-called Labor Front or the Association of Cooperation with the Germans. Everyone must know that it comes to every single word, to every one of his eyes and to every smallest act in daily life. He must fight the Germans and thwart their efforts to achieve their goals wherever possible and in whatever way he has come to do so. Every Tacheche has to work with his brothers in everyday life in every smallest matter. Every Czech must know what his duties are, in all professions, whether he is a merchant, a farmer, a worker, a teacher, a technician, a craftsman, an accountant or a state representative in the public service. Once Riek will not be asked for an account of his open action, but it will also be settled whether he has remained faithful to us. This account will not only be demanded by those who have sat in the concentration camp, but also by those that have not suffered directly, because they have not come to their turn. By overly comfortable evasiveness from the Germans and by pleasing service no one will earn himself for the Czech cause and he will also have no thanks from the German for that, which will certainly push him aside for the given time. Already now the Germans in all matters murmur their own peoples and turn only to icte gigenen German authorities.- We for- deren of all of you, that If Eteb makes in some way about our opinion deserving and dadueee läere paternale mindung proves, so that you are not once aborted and punished. No one can believe that his smallest acts are the result of our attention. The sufferings of our brothers in the concentration camps under the oppression of the Nazis are so great that the coming court will judge extremely strictly. And the judges on the day of reckoning, will not be us, but all those who have suffered for their conviction in the camp. Furthermore, judges will be all those who return victorious from England and all who will rise from your ranks to open resistance. This court will judge vird extremely strictly but justly. You will find that these judges at home will find among you not nationalists, but most patriots.