THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 688, sig. 109-4/437

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2 17 June 1943 Security service of the Reichsführer-4 Pepesn-bs SD section Prague Sachsenweg telex 774-44 pers.Ref. zob alledesoo nte adetiee ces s 1.) To the doedaet State Secretary tebeim Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia 4-group leader K.H. F r a n k eU aabut bte sre Prag MSE orepLoopou eb ab BEO 01N6 2.) To the ue LL0620 Head of the Sönderabteilung Kulturpolitik we Je beim Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren 5U6 4Sturmbannführer W o 1 f US Prag 13 MOJUT o1 Betr.: Umbennnungsfeieritäten von Strassen und Platzen zum Gedenken an i-Obergruppenfreiter Reinhard Heydrich am 30.5. and 6.6.1943. JEldn Vorg.: Heresiger Tagesbericht vom 1.6.1943. gus According to these reports the 21 places of the Protectorate found on 3o.5. and 6.6.1943 organized street renaming celebrations in memory of the leader of the group Reinhard Heydrich the following atmospheric reception: 1.) Pilsen: At the Pilsen celebration neither the participation of German nor Czech was completely satisfactory. Despite a corporate participation of against 3o oo Skoda-Arbei- In the case of the Czech Republic, there was only a mediocre pressure on the Czech participation of public servants, teachers, etc., and the excuse was often made for a football competition held at the same time. On the occasion of the distribution of the sub- 0 cards on the previous days, however, it was already established that on the Czech side there was often a desire to avoid 1R participation in the celebrations. For example, the nouZ's man of trust in the design department of the Skodawerke on 29 May 19943 rejected the acceptance of the square cards with the excuse of Sunday trips and accepted only 5 of 42 cards. Also, the extraordinary emptiness of the Smetana Promenade on 31 May 1943 left 6888 b.w. St.S. C-225p/42 141