STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1998, sig. 109-7/5

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Sicherheitsdienst Rfgs 45 SD-Leitsabteilung Prag Nr.-/47 Prag, the 14.1.1941 Tagesbericht Igglrpnine (Strictly confidential, only for the personal service use of the recipient) f.44/=.01. e S I. General situation and mood. Pie's atmospheric impact on the German response to the Legionnaire question, which was already shown yesterday, continues. reports that there is a positive vote on this mainly from circles of workers, craftsmen and employees who say that it was extremely immoral of the legionaries to sow themselves for theirs. To compensate in an almost princely way at the expense of the other citizens; on the other hand, the legionaries there were most dismayed and expressed the hope that he would at least be left with the pension for the years that they had actually served. Also from the OLF Tabor is reported about lively concerns in legionaries circles, while a large part of the rest of the population approves the attacks against the legionnaires factually widely; only isolated by completely incarnated legionner friends is scolded against the article. In the OLB Moravian-Cstrau and elsewhere a large action against all legionarians is preceded, bezw. There are rumours about the arrests of legionaries. In Prague, too, the panic-like restoration of the legionaires continues and is only badly shrouded by a often shown martyr pose; in one case, a secret meeting of legionsaires could be found. In fact, it would be unfair if all the legislators were indiscriminate; many of them had been pushed away from the old system because they could have been protegated. 2