English Translation

b2 In Podiebrad (OLB Kolin) the rumor was circulated that 200 Czechs had reported themselves as perpetrators in order to save their Czech people. In Schlan (OLb Kladno) there was a rumor in yesterday's morning hours that eight Englishmen were arrested at Karlsplatz in Prague. Among those arrested the assassins should also be found. During the afternoon and in the evening hours of yesterday's day, there was a growing rumor in Brno that the assassins were caught. Thus it was said in Czech circles that the perpetrators were arrested today after a firefight in the monastery of Emaus near Prague. In the early morning hours of June 18th, the news of Karlsplatz's closure by the Waffen-i spread in Prague like a wildfire. In the access roads there were immediately numerous curious people, among whom many Jews were noticed. In many cases, these measures saw the beginning of the reprisal action allegedly envisaged by the Germans for the June 18. The dismay reflected on the faces of the Czechs had never been so dat ad aeta tear A much-used account of the barrier in Prague is the following: "Gestapo-Beam te felt suspects on the night of the 17th to the 16th of June. They would have fled to an orthpdox church at Karlsplatz, where they would have immediately requested 4, which would have sealed off the whole block of houses and penetrated the church with hand grenades. However, the people who had taken refuge there would have escaped again. Only two of them had been killed by hand granas. The assumption that this would have been assassins on 4-upper group leader Heydrich was generally denied. After another Czech presentation, the Germans would have searched for only one pretext in order to initiate an action against leading church dignitaries. The implementation of the barrier measures was followed with the greatest tension by the Czech population. After this barrier had been lifted in the midday hours, many