English Translation

0 p i s. 1()5 Stěchovickýtarchiv č. 11-4-040-119lz-11e13. Talks with the homeland. "The tragic story of the village of Lidice caused the Velt. Cordell Hull made an official statement in this regard aby as well as the Minister of Narine Knox. The Techechoslovak government informed the world of all the details of this tremendous crime, and took all the steps it deemed necessary to immediately punish the visionaries after the end of the war. This morning, the Czechoslovac government held a meeting under the chairmanship of President Benesh. Schramek and the Minister of Justice Stránaký. The government unanimously adopted all proposals. They heard the reception of the speech of Monsignor Dr. Jan Schramik: "When Heydrich succumbed to his bloodthirsty deeds in Prague, the population experienced a new wave of terror initiated by Hitler, Himmler, Daluege and Frank. 38z victims were already murdered as revenge for Hydrich. Whole families were exterminated with wife and child. They tried in vain to break the Czech people and their heroism with such terror. But the black crime of Lidice has no example in history, you have destroyed this village to the ground. In Lidice near Kladno all the men were shot, all the women were sent to concentration camps and the children were taken to Nazi education camps. The whole village was razed to the ground. The German murderers were not enough to deport several fanatics, but they had to destroy an entire village. With the morale of the whole world we will punish these crimes. All crimes committed on Czechoslovak soil or on Czechoslovakia will be strictly punished. Personally responsible Pür these crimes are l. Adolf Hitler and his members of the government. 2. All leaders of the German government administration and the Nazi party.