STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43 Page 275 · 275 of 329
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43
English Translation
-- know this well enough. Follows a lecture by the member of the Council of State, Professor Dr. Vladimir - Klecandai (Only fragments understandable) ... Many of you may foolishly believe that the Germans will reopen the closed Czech universities after the war. This thought would be stupid, the hope in vain. The Nazis will keep all our colleges and buildings, they will destroy everything, just as now our museums, laboratories, were vanquished, A siegreieh Hitler will never let us take our universities. Jhr know how our universities were occupied! Jhr knows how z.P. The German schools received the valuable furniture from our universities in the technical field at Karlsplatz, from the valuable Jnventar Kistchen, in which they then sent home hamstered food. For the law firms of the DAF, the Oberlandrat, the Gestapo and the SS, the universities were used in the Protectorate. All the books were taken from us, destroyed or distributed. Years of hard work of many scholars and students was destroyed. Jhr knows well that Hitler saw his main opponent in the Czech universities ... Jn us lives the memory of everything, we forget nothingy of what was done to us. Vir must therefore repeat us over and over again: an agreement with this Germany would be the grave of our people! Lo n d o n - english Overview of the international situation: During the Christmas days a certain pause occurred in the war handouts. At the same time, however, a lively diplomatic activity was unfolded on both sides. Hitler, who now became aware of Jtalien's situation, tried to move France to allow German troops to march through. At the same time, he also tried to get the French fleet into his hands as a substitute for the German fleet, which he had ruthlessly put at risk against the advice of his naval experts in Norway. On the other side of the Mediterranean lies the French colonial empire, which is of decisive importance. There is a French army that is not defeated in the battle. Nitler knows that this army can destroy its intention, directed allefals to the unlimited hezrschaft of the mediterranean, this army negates its hope, in French. A defeat for Hitler is the steadfast refusal of Petain to use laval vieder. Hitler used all means to achieve this gd. He tried it abwechsolendly with threats and joyful discussions. Is it not remarkable that this man, who already sees himself as a ruler of the whole of Europe, has to turn so much energy and time to negotiate with a country that he has defeated? However, he wisely says that his military power is only a cover, behind which his increasing political weakness hides. He knows the resistance in the occupied Iänder and knows that army and Gestapo Europe will not always be able to hold down. Dectm he has to look around for friends in this Europe who want to realize his pelicism. Frevnde like Wuigsling, Antonescu and Laval. These are men who are despised by the venerable Germans eveneo as by their own people. For Christmas Churchill sent a message to the ital, people. How much one was upset in Berlin and Rome is shown by the fact that the press and the radio broadcasting of both countries occupied themselves with --$-