English Translation

13a - 2 - 39446 pamphlets with the title "Announcement of the above attack on Pilsen" were thrown off in a package which had been contained in the announcement that in these days Pilsen,Browns and yet an unmarked city would be bombed. This rumor was tried by numerous Czechs by justifications and spread that the Skodawerke had ordered increased air defense readiness,the Germans themselves expected an approach and in the individual houses at the ring square and on the access roads indications with the inscription "Luftschutzkeller für den 5.9.1943" etc. Variously, the nervousness of numerous Czechs resulting from this propaganda was also exploited to a systematic influence and spread, for example, that there was no reason for particular fears because of the people's days, since the English would not fly to Pilsen because of a thousand Germans, but this at most. In this way, the tendency was obviously pursued that Angloameri kaners would only bomb targets that were important for the war.The big cone stroke on Saturday, as well as the rally on Sunday, were also completely avoided by the Czech population. Only individual Czechs were members of the Vlajka family. The fact that on Saturday evening and before the rally on Sunday there were members of the autonomous police in all access roads to the Ringplatz, who often stopped civilians and especially women, and declared that Czechs were not allowed to participate in the rally and therefore should not be allowed to enter the Ring Platz.As far as individual Czechs really wanted to go to the ringplatz, they were prevented from doing so for this reason, e.g. In one case, a policy expressed confidentially that it was a German celebration - 3 -