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

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38 Office of the State Secretary at the Reichspeotektor Sicherheitsdienst RF4 in Bohemia and Mühren. SD section Prague. Eing.: 21.FEB.1940 E Tgb. Nr.... 252 Prague, 20.Februer940. Mr. State Secretary to the Reich's Protector in Bohemia & Moravia, 4-group leader K. H. Fr a n k, Prague. Betr.: Undisciplined behaviour of German police and armed forces in Königgrätz. The following message received here from Königgrätz will be communicated with the request for information: "German police and Wehrmacht members were particularly noticed at a Czech event on Saturday, the 17th of March in Königglätz (mask ball in the Schützenhaus) by their inconceivable behavior. to fraternization scenes and mutual hugs with members of the Czech government troops. In the Saale, nearby Czechs mocked these events and expressed themselves regarding the quantities of schnapps consumed by the Germans, that the German soldiers and policemen in this way washed down their anger about the "must serve"." hefue Bdl.gi Ri 7ra 44-Dberfiurmbannsthrer W. Lrae. pend kee fue di. † joreed ing bid do 18 the. 184 /.20/6.40.