English Translation

Prague, July 20, 1942: draft for the Lammers report. The weeks before Pentecost had shown an increasing stiffening of the Czech attitude, without, of course, there would have been substantial anti-German acts or acts. The Pentecost days themselves had been quiet. A strong whispering propaganda dealt with an early collapse of the empire and alleged resignation intentions of Hácha. In this situation, Yy-Obergruppenführer Heydrich decided to announce the drastic administrative conversion, which government and press was announced on 26 May 1942. Even before the atmospheric effects became noticeable, the attack took place in the morning hours of May 27th._ A reconstruction of the attack and its background is now possible due to complete security police investigations. The murderers and the other perpetrators come from circles of the soldiers of the old Czechoslovak army, who had fled from the Protectorate since the beginning of the Polish campaign. After changing fate as legionaries, they finally landed in England and were subjected to a specific training as parachutes in their most reliable and bold ele- uments. Since the end of 1941, attempts were made in the Protectorate. Among the sabotage assignments made to these agents were two special ones, which related to attacks on the Skoda works and against the Deputy Reich Protector 4-Obergruppen- führer Heydrich. The murderers Heydrics were deposed on the night of 28th to 29th December 1941. After detailed preparations, however, at the beginning of May 1942, the leader of all parachute groups in the Protectorate warned against the assassination by means of a radio message from London and asked in vain for the revocation of the order, which ultimately did not serve Czech interests. A few days after the execution, on 3 June 1942, Benesch from London had his identification radioed to the murderers. From all this it is evident that the preparation, the order and the execution, as well as thanks and recognition for the assassination were "made in England". The rapidly spreading rumor of the assassination caused the Czechs to a large extent the joy of harm, which was often openly expressed, as the first reaction.