STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1781, sig. 109-5/9

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English Translation

Report on the general political situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Kähren for the period from 15. I. to 10. II. 1941. The waiting attitude of the Czech people, which was particularly evident in the last days of the last year, has become more and more rigid. In many cases an increase in the Czech resistance will and the anti-German attitude was observed. The reasons for this were the further Italian failures in Africa, the increasing aid from the United States of America to England and the stiffening of the situation in France. In this development, too, the leader's speech at the end of the reporting period was not understood by the Czechs. As far as it had fallen on fertile soil, its effect was affected by the constant whispering propaganda. Administration and economy. My regulation on the compulsory retirement of certain categories of civil servants in the autonomous public administration has brought some unrest into the civil service, which affects both the performance of work and the mood. There can be no doubt in the translation of the civil servant body of the entire autonomous administration that the dismantling regulation was necessary. The Regulation will provide the basis for the recovery of