English Translation

18 £1 " Živnostenská banka " /Commercial bank/ . The Czech public has recently been concerned about the continued arrests of officials of the Živnostenská banka /Gewerbebank/, which have been in existence for more than 6 months at smaller intervals; this concern is not only evident in Prague, but also spread in the province as a result of overriding rumours. The Czech public at the commercial bank is struck by the fact that 1,325,000 shares of this largest Czech monetary area are scattered throughout the Czech national strata; they are often inherited from generation to generation and enjoy the reputation of pupillar-proof values among the people; it should also be considered that, as far as the Aryan book deposits are concerned, the bank has a the assets of over 2 billion kroons, with a small deposit with an average of K 15,840'98 per deposit with a total of 124.7ll deposits. In addition, the bank operates in Prague and in the province as a lender for numerous traders, and its written traffic with the majority of middle and smaller customers has a volume of cca. l20,000 documents per month in the Prague headquarters alone. The concern which in the broad circles of the Actors, the depositors and other Committents of this leading commercial bank of the Protectorate by the over 6 months lasting