STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 35, sig. 109-1/39 Page 10 · 10 of 26
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 35, sig. 109-1/39
English Translation
5a kung. The biggest Czech painter Manes has been well known for the great role models of the German romantic school. Kučera, the artistic painter, the board member of the Moravian artists' association, believes, however, that Manes grew from himself and is, so to speak, the Czech Dürer. Incidentally, it is remarkable that the Moravian-Slovak artists form a special association "Svum" with its seat in Göding and organize their exhibitions there. This association, which thanks the brothers Uprka for its emergence, is entirely based on the technology of the Munich and Vienna schools, and is still presenting some excellent works today. On the other hand, the Moravian artists' association in Brno seems to me to present a richly intellectual structure. On the question of the Moravian Slovak policy, it should be pointed out that the Národopisná Morava association, which is the bearer of this policy in a decisively German-friendly sense, must be activated if any reasonable result is to be achieved. The board of the association, art painter Uprka, a son of the great painter, is a somewhat complacent and jealous man who wants to do everything himself, but so that he does not get to the edge. Thus it could happen that the association has a number of representatives, which are shown on festive occasions 66760 in beautiful costumes, but that the organizational performance and thus the penetration of the masses is quite poor. The will to cooperate with the Germans is at all present with the Moravian-Slovak population, but there is still a lack of clear orientation. Recently, the director of the rural economic school in Ung.Hradisch Dr.Sova, whom I consider to be a pure character, tries to bring a little more system into the matter. I have a policy for Moravian Slovakia, as it is successful in