STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2755, sig. 109-14/58 (poškozeno) Page 68 · 68 of 115
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2755, sig. 109-14/58 (damaged)
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57 darxgxnzenxHakixaiexhasekskdxtasxix of the German people s elbst , which already begins to get restless, that under the great hatred of the oppressed population does not feel particularly well and begins to realize that the Czech people does not understand exactly sain happiness under a German rule. For this reason, the assassins were simply shot, in order to have the dead subsequently confessed before the public. "Whoever does not believe, can go and question the dead seibst." .... From here the "end was severely affected by increasingly over-exhaustive disturbances, so that it could no longer be understood in the wording. In the following, the speech was made by the "President Benesch" and the "Unsdh uld" of the Czech people. This is followed by a report in slowakic language, which is also extremely disturbed, which unfortunately niums reference to the fact that, although the assassins are presented by the Germans as subjects bought by London, nevertheless the innocent Czech people of Bähmen and Moravia suffered in the most senseless way during the past three weeks. But there would be a law of justice, and this law would demand the just and severe punishment of all debts, no one would be able to withdraw this payment. Then, after a prolonged silence, there was talk of the Czech Quissling government, which strongly supported the Nazis' efforts and which must also be reckoned with as the culprits. It was also alluded to a speech by the British Prime Minister, who had made the hearts of his listeners beat faster. In addition, the speaker returned to the Lidice chapter, stressing that this unprecedented atrocity in the United Nations has caused a tremendous echo and a storm of indignation and outrage. Finally, mention of two statements by the American Foreign Minister Cor- dell Hull and the naval miner Knox, who had also expressed themselves to this inhumane act. The rest of the remarks were in disturbance. L o n d o n - (German) 8 p.m. "Czechoslovakia: Daluege's ultimatum expires this evening. Yesterday evening, the Czech Minister of Agriculture, the Quietling Hruby, spoke, stressing that right of stand will be resolved if the murderers who killed Heydrich were to surrender. He accompanied his promise with threatening. In the future, entire pamilies would be... annoyed. In an article in the Czech newspaper "Poledni list" it is said that the burning down of Lidice and the shooting of the entire male population is only an example of what could happen to any village that opposes the German authorities and measures. All this is just another admission of the failure of the German oppression policy in Czechoslovakia."