STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391 Page 100 · 100 of 122
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391
English Translation
- 14 - AV Proof of the tyranny that the Czech people opposed yesterday was provided by the Prague Radio, which is under the control of the Nazis. On the Prague Radio yesterday evening a message was issued, in which it was said that all the Czech legionaries in Poland, who are arrested or imprisoned as war prisoners, are punished with death by shooting. - On the Prag Radio also the message was given that President Hácha is currently at Lána Castle. The President's state of health had not improved, and he still needed complete rest, trap, as is assumed, is the president's illness of a political nature, can no longer expect that the care he receives from the Nazis will lead to an early improvement in his health. The British colonial minister Mac Donald compared in one speech the unity of the British Empire with the murmuring and dissatisfaction that prevails in the so-called German protectorate that Great Britain was assured in the outbreak of war the support of its colonies. Germany had other experiences. There were no sympathy demonstrations from Austria. The Czechs had not sent happy congratulations and support assurances. Also in Slovakia there had been pure demonstrations for a fighting community with Germany. All these fathers were hostile to Germany, because they could feel the boot of violence. The peoples of the British Empire, on the other hand, were united behind the motherland. They knew that in the British World Empire their freedom and their well-being could be secured and promoted. The buildings of the Czech High Dules were occupied today at 2 o'clock in the morning by German police and by SS xàs. l2oo students were taken away in buses. 8 hours later, other strong SS departments arrived in Prague. It took a full hour for the departments to move into the barracks. These measures are described as a response to the demonstrations in which Czech students broke out in calls, such as: FWe want freedom!". During the demonstrations the Czech national anthem was sung at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.