STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 373, sig. 109-4/118

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oW FRANKPEICH Defeated. Brno's ceasefire. We had competed with the other divisions of the party on the richly decorated herb market, because the NSDAP had called the Germans of Brno for a ceremony. France defeated! Now it should go against the last enemy of the new empire, against England! The flags raised and also the flags of our federal courts and the banners of the Fascio found their place of honour. Then the "wake on the Rhine" sounded for the first time after decades. Drum whirls and horn calls sounded and from the height of the town hall tower a fanfarenchoral answered. Then the circuit leader of Brno, Ing.Folta, spoke to the thousand-headed crowd.He led among others .aüs: ......Never before in the history of the peoples and states was a military power in the strength of many millions, equipped with the most modern weapons of all kinds and covered by the strongest fortresses ever built, so completely defeated in the course of a few weeks. ...... Şchon in the world war we have realized that the German soldier is able to fight successfully against a huge superpower and to remain on the battlefield. ·. It was not the front that was left to l9l8, it was then the home that collapsed.It was still hard to bear the psychological torment that was burdening our front fighters when they saw the enemies of the German people triumph after indescribable sacrifices, after the loss of numerous expensive comrades.But from the spirit of the front soldier of the World War, from the resistance against the forces of decomposition and decay, from faith in the good in the German man, that German of the new age, who found the expression of perfection in our freer, in our leader Adolf Hitler, became. .....When tonight the signal sounded"The whole thing!", we thought with emotion our soldiers outside in France, our brothers, sons and friends, who were all inspired by the same duty to the fatherland, did their best. ... Now it is necessary to wrestle down our main enemy, who bears the blame for this war.It is the enemy who has declared a struggle for life and death to our German socialism.This enemy is the plutocracy E n g l a n d, is J u d a, today more than ever, since it has become the last refuge of Judaism in Europe. ......The future belongs to D e u t s c h l a d and I.ta l i n ! Then the greeting to our leader, the cry of confession to the greatest general of history, to the Duce and to our victorious Wehrmacht rose to the bright evening sky and the crowd of thousands sang the anthems of Germany and Italy. As the end of the celebration we then passed through the city in a mighty train and the circuit leader. e