STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 616, sig. 109-4/363

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Vt copy. The Higher SS and Police Leader ed Prague, 24th November 1939 at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia No. St.S. 297/39 Subject: News about the behaviour of the Wehrmacht members in the Protectorate Process: Known there. Mr Gnbennuap u Chief of the Staff to Mr Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary P a g As desired, I will send you a number of other news about the behaviour of Wehrmcht members in the Protectorate: The police report of 23 January 1939 contains the following message: "On 22 May, the German Federal Republic sent a letter to the Federal Republic of Germany. a German Wehrmacht angehörer (Artillerist) was greeted in a Pilsen business by a German salesman with "Heil Hitler " The soldier nevertheless expressed his wishes in Czech language and only gradually became comfortable to speak German. When the salesman again greeted the German Greetings when the artilleryman left, the soldier turned around at the door and said mockingly: "I do not greet Heil Hitler!" The police report of the 24th century 1939 contains the following messages: "In Pilsen the German Betölkerung 2. often Wehrmacht members from abroad (allegedly from the Sudeten area) when entering shops, restaurants etc. speak only Czech! " Those in Frahkstadt (Bez. Mistek) lying German soldiers complain that they are only reluctantly served by the sellers in all Czech shops." "In Theresienstadt it was noticed that members of the German Wehrmacht did their purchases in Jewish shops, although they are called such." " In the coffee house "Lod" at the Graben in Prague, the female band Karin Ostra continues to play, which often appears in Czech national costumes and plays songs of provocative content. It was noticed that after a