STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1795, sig. 109-5/23 Page 42 · 42 of 157
STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1795, sig. 109-5/23
English Translation
A 15 1H has stopped again. Because now the opinion formation takes place with almost all people exclusively on the basis of the German news. If the number of listeners of foreign Sen- the sadly decreased, then this is also due not least to the wrong tactics of these transmitters themselves. It is nonsense to say on foreign radio that the German ministries would have prohibited the publication of death permits for the fallen and their relatives to wear wedding clothes. If the "Volkische Beobachter" itself brings appropriate messages every day and starts to appear in the street picture of warrior widows in black dress. The population has therefore also shown the "vision" for the broadcasting regulation, which the Nazis wanted. However, the impression that one has in common about the determination of the rulers to apply the laws with brutal recklessness is also mentioned here. Norddeutschland: The foreign radio broadcasts are listened to to to a large extent after all. The people are extremely careful. However, they are also very critical and it must therefore be avoided, as far as it is possible, false communications about attacks on German cities etc. It is important to remember that the psychological attitude in Germany is quite strange. People were particularly affected by the English airstrikes, because they are often able to control these messages themselves and, of course, lose faith in the reliability of the messages in the case of false messages. After the outrageous advertisement that had been made in Germany with the Luftwaffe, it was considered impossible that English pilots could come to Germany. The leaflets they dropped were found in Neumünster. Oldesloe. Segeberg. Itzehoe. Schleswig and Flensburg. The inhabitants were, of course, very surprised when they saw the leaflets lying on the streets, and it was said that the pilots could have dropped bombs just as well instead of fliers. The order was issued immediately. That these leaflets could only be collected by police, SS and SA in uniform and children under 10 years of age. All flyers had to be delivered immediately. Northwest Germany: If one wants to hear foreign stations, then one usually does so in the most closed corner of the apartment. The Austrian broadcasts from Paris are often criticized. One suspects the Heimwehr- Oesterreicher behind and monarchist wishes and the