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

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A 56.41 Ardhio des Stnatsfecretäes at the Reidhsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia. Ii's report on the political situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Mähren 61 for the period 10.4. - lo.5.1941. During the period under review, the protectorate was predominantly influenced by rumors that dealt with an imminent warring confrontation between Germany and Russia. The effect of digsgg's mood was essentially an increase in the risk that I pointed out in the preliminary report, which is that essential institutions of the Protectorate are exposed to sabotage for the warfare of the empire. The alarming transition from passive resistance to active resistance led to a comprehensive action by the secret state police against the illegal Social-Democrat movement. The action was triggered because the illegal social-democrat party wanted to start with a planned sabotage action. from lubricating boxes of railway wagons (military transports) oil wicks are removed in order to cause a hot run of camps. Among the arrested is the long-time chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the former CSR, Anton H a m p 1 who still has important functions in the entire trade union and labor movement in the Protectorate. Although the overall success of the action cannot be overlooked, it is already clear that access was made at the right time. Since the arrested persons are of particular repute in the Czech population, it is intended that the Czech people be informed about the extensive activities of these persons in the self-sufficiency of meat, fat and food by means of the food aa ·M*Q