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

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36 Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-ff Prag-Bubentsch, den 19.10.42. Sachsenweg SD-Leitabteilung Prag Fernsprecher 774-44 III LB - SA: 242 retare ia Buhmca uno Mahrde PO Eing. 19. OKT. 1942 uute AMT To the State Secretary S 0 at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia 44-Group leader K.H.F r a n k Prag. Betr.: Umbennung der Vltavalände in Reinhard-Heydrich-Ueer E OS toO in Prague. Introduction: Without. The celebration of the renaming of the Moldovan lands in Reinhard- Heydrich-Ufer had to suffer naturally from the very unfavourable weather. The participation of both German and Czech sides must be described as weak taking into account the Zauch rain weather. As far as · Czechs participated, these appeared mostly in closed groups (e.g. civil servants). Variously, a group of about 30 Vlajkists, who had marched closed under military command, aroused the attention of individual Germans. The low participation of the Czech population may also be partly due to the fact that the press note "The German population is invited to participate" was interpreted as an indirect ban on participation for Czechs. Almost all participants of the celebration complained strongly about the poor functioning of the loudspeaker system, since the speeches were no longer understood at a short distance from the speaker's gallery. Therefore, so far only isolated reports about the atmospheric effect of the speech of 4-group leader K.H.Frank could be recorded b.w. S.S.TE-222a/4 141