STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1775, sig. 109-5/3 Page 20 · 20 of 63
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1775, sig. 109-5/3
English Translation
13 Führers and the metal donation. The mood of the Czech population is almost entirely favorable to the murderer Smudek. Bine support of the search is rare; on the contrary: one tried to mislead in places by false reports. There are also certain indications that instructions have been given in the government police either to shoot Smudek immediately or to help him if there is no witness nearby. Often in the beaten-up letters the pictures of Smudek have been cut out, sometimes even replaced by guide pictures. This happened e.g. In Budweis and the surrounding area, in Olomouc and in the Pilsner Railway Directorate in 3 newspapers (3 responsible officials were therefore arrested). I, Pisek added even the most serious insults of the leader by smearing plaques. As reprisals, therefore, all gatherings and events, whatever their nature, until 15.5. In Pisek the police hour was transferred to 23 o'clock. In addition, a penalty of 50 Rll was imposed on the city in case that the perpetrator or the perp could not be named within a week. As offender a coal merchant was named by the city administration, whose sister is married to a Jewish lawyer. The review of this designation has not yet been completed. On the birthday of the Pührer, the protectorate government asked the entire population in the Protectorate to flag. Nevertheless, apart from public buildings, only a few protectorate flags were to be seen. Not even all the district heads and mayors who had issued the appeal to the people followed him. Moreover, the Czech population took the day indifferently to any disturbances of rest and demonstrations, as in the year l939 (flower laying before Masaryk monuments etc.) it did not come on the day itself. Some swastika flags were torn down the night after the 20th in Olomouc and Nedweis. The lietall collection on the birthday of the Pührer has gained considerable political significance. The whisper propaganda interpreted them understandably as an open admission of a German