STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132

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and concerns of the empire. Don't forget for a moment that war is war and that the Czech people are also in war. On the basis of the Führer's decision, our sons do not fight on the fronts with the rifle in hand, but we all want and should form a safe hinterland that wants and can help with the plowshare, ait the hammer and with the spirit and thus contribute to the victory of the empire and a new Europe. All those who walk properly in line and diligently fulfil their duties have nothing to fear. But those who leave the line or try to disturb peace, security and order in any keise, meet the harsh and retaliatory punishment. Ünser with the future of the powerful Great German Empire fatefully connected people can secure a worthy place within the framework of the Empire only through his work, his performances and his fidelity to be expressed by deeds. None of those who have left the people in their most difficult hours of fate and none of those that have entered the service of those