STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391

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With regard to President Háchas, Masaryk said: "I heard that he was being held back in the village where my father lived and died. I regret him, because he is now in fact a prisoner of the Protectorate, who he agreed to preside over. The pro- tectorate can best be described as Hitler's largest concentration camp. Masaryk described the shooting of the students as "ghrecklich". In due time, the Nazi oppression and the Nazi regime will be eradicated. Hell-Havas from the Aussterreichische Grenze: Von Neurath, who is the decorative figure, and K.H. Frank, the real gentleman in the protectorate, has for some time held meetings with various groups of Czech fascists, who were founded by the Germans themselves, and who count hardly more than 5oo members. With the help of these groups, they want to form a new government, as the present government of General Elias is considered to be unruly, a passive resistance exercise. In November, a meeting was held, which was banned by the Czech government, The Fascists, with swastika flags, organized a demonstration at Wenceslas Square under the slogan "Heil Hitler" and "Down with the English traitors", understanding the members of the government by traitors. A large number of Czech passers-by helped the police. German gendarmerie intervened. Mr. Stahl-ecker, head of the Gestapo in the Protectorate, explained that the German authorities decided to allow the manifestation. As a result, a certain number of the Czech police officers who wanted to do their duty were arrested. On November 12, at dawn, the motorized SS stands "Germania", "Der Führer" were surrounded by the student homes of Svehla and Masaryk under the protection of machine guns. SS-people in Felduniforn invaded the homes. Threatened with revolvers and automatic weapons, r ced d de d de towed. No one was allowed time to see each other with clothes, the majority was no longer in shirts and trousers. Among the students were several Yugoslavs and Bulgarians who were unsuccessfully pro-