English Translation

121 - 21 - English Broadcasting News 20.1l.39: London National, 10.15 p.m.: "The attempts of the Nazi authorities to restore peace and order in Czechoslovakia have now led to the Gestapo's shooting and arresting of l2o Czech students. A large part of them are said to have been transferred to German concentration camps. From Berlin it is reported that the Reichsprotektor from Neurath has been called to Berlin for the report. Leaders of the SS have come to Prague to discuss the measures to be taken. This shows how serious the situation is." Vån of the Western Front is reported to have been disbanded by some Slovak authorities because they have mutated. From this it is clear that the Slovaks no longer want to fight with Germany." International News, 21.11.39, No.1: Paris, Havas: "Presseschau: The wild repressions on the part of the Germans in Bohemia and Moravia and the new tactics of total warfare, in which the submarines no more torpe-dierren, but rather mingle the trade routes, are the two main topics of the Paris press, which appropriately stigmatizes these barbaric customs of the Third Reich. Lucien Bourgues in the "Petit Parisienü" is the view that the young Prague students have paid hard for their patriotic ma- nifestation against the German yoke. l20 Patriots have already been executed by the Gestapo. The arrests are no longer to be counted. The empire tries to restore order through wild repression measures. The Czech Vålk has regained enough courage to resist oppression. Bourges believes that the Germans no longer know how to cope with this undeniable will. They therefore use all the means to overcome the incipient turmoil. They fear that Czech heroism did not become an example to the Oesterreichers and Poland, and that in this way Germany would be forced to wage war in the midst of a permanent revolt of millions of foreign ethnic groups in Germany's interior. Germany has kicked human respect and conscience with its feet. With regard to Hacha's speech, which was forced to be held, Bourgues believes that it is doubtful whether the advice of a pseudo-chief, who is unpopular, will have the desired success that Berlin expects, because as soon as a people revolts, the movement will no longer be stopped. The oppression only increases the courage. The Chechens know what is going on in Germany. You notice that the Hitlerian Colossus is shaking in its base. The hope of the Czechs for a liberation is restored. The Reichsguardor von Neurath was called to Berlin to have a debate with Hitler. However, this will not weaken the resistance spirit of the Czechoslovakians.