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

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- 3 - the Gestapo arrested about a hundred people. In Brno a new uprising was suppressed. The former Prime Minister Beran is arrested. Arrests were also carried out in Slovakia. The Gestapos claims to take these necessary measures to prevent actions against the German army. English station Daventry, 20 to 20.l0 o'clock, English; ..... The following are the news of Nazi terrorism in Czechoslovakia. In the Shkoda factories there was a riot. The Gestapo had carried out hundreds of arrests. The executions had also been carried out. English channel Daventry, 20.30 to 20.45, German:.... In Che—choslovakia, the Nazis began to exercise a reign of terror. In Prague, Tabor, Brno and the Schkodawerke, numerous arrests had been made. This shows that the agreement between Germany and Slovakia was not particularly good. French station Paris, 19.5O o'clock, German: ..... Since Russian troops were deployed on the side of a million, Germany must now leave more troops in Poland. Also in Austria and in the CSR voices are loud, which are very dissatisfied with Russia's intervention, It is said that Hitler has now joined forces with the Bolsheviks and the last traces of the order that the Nazi regime has left in Germany will now disappear. Copenhagen: In Czechoslovakia a new wave of terror broke out. The Gestapo had to arrest hundreds of workers. Minister Beran was arrested. The Gstapo in Prague carried out its murders in the Petschekbank. There were also a lot of riots in Brno. Also in Sillein in Slovakia there were executions, although the Slovak authorities had not been informed before. The Gestapo claimed that counterattacks were planned against the German army, which had to be crushed. English broadcaster Daventrye 22.15 to 22.45 h, German: The German night report begins with a literal reproduction of Dr. Benesch's speech on British radio today to the Czech people. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Benesch announced the frequent occurrence of allied aircraft over Czech cities. The report of the Nazi terror rule in Bohemia. Moravia and Slovakia is repeated. While the evening reports on this topic had the impression that Prague and Brno were lying in the slova kei, they now expressed themselves more clearly. The Gestapo had settled in Sillein without questioning the Slovak government, where it had committed numerous arrests under the pretext of preventing agitation against the German army.