STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 645, sig. 109-4/393 Page 122 · 122 of 128
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 645, sig. 109-4/393
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brV - 19 - London, Reuter: Courts of war condemn those who were arrested during the last uprisings in Prague. Same with the Berlin correspondent of the "Tidningen" who estimates that 2.oo people were arrested - Reuter reports that (number illegible) were dismissed. Parents do not know whether their sons are dead, injured or hidden. Many students fled from their homes on Thursday night only in Pyjamas beklei det. The correspondent of the Netherlands notes that the Nazi press ignores these facts and the riots, except that the right to stand was imposed on the protectorates. Berne, Havas: Several Swiss newspapers look at the German Empire's internal situation after the events of Prague. They believe that the uprising in the Protectorate was much more violent than Berlin wants to admit and that it could very easily extend to the other countries which occupied the empire. The independent newspaper "Die Tat" in Zurich writes that the arrests and shootings are characteristic of the situation which prevails not only in the protectorate, but also in the rest of the empires. One can see that Hitler, after incorporating foreign peoples into the empire on the basis of his ethnographic principles, weakened the inner front of the empire. Setbacks will occur not only in the old Czechoslovakia, but also in Poland. As long as Poland or Czechs will not cease to hope to regain their old freedom, they will not be 100 percent citizens in the present-day empire. If this internal weakness will connect with the crisis of the party, i.e. if the Nazi opposition will unite, this will be the decisive factor for the outcome of the war. "The execution of the Prague students has caused indignation in all the official and university arts of Argentina. The newspaper Nacion condemns the executions in an editorial. It is said - writes the newspaper - that these acts of violence will have the same effect as the atrocities in Belgium. In the blood bathed ideals become stronger; great ideas become invincible. That teaches history. The executions in Prague will have a great backlash in the Blakanstaatenek and revive the old ideals of Slavic solidarity." Oesterreichische Grenze, Havas:"The repression measures of the Gestapo in Bohemia and Moravia will continue. According to private information, numerous arrests were carried out by the secret state police on the night of Saturday on Sunday in student circles in Prague and Brno. In the latter city the arrests took place especially among students of the technical college. In Prague numerous Czech police officers and awh simple guards were arrested. Numerous military trucks cross the streets of Prague day and night.