English Translation

Security Service RF4 Prague-Bubentich , 27.1.1942 SD section Prague Sachlenweg Fernfprecher 77444 B 4 VA 510 Geheim! mt. B. Xr. 514/42 Geheim 1. An 4-Obergruppenführer H e y d r i c h, Office of the Siaaisiekcetü.s at the Reioi. p.oteh o Prague in Bohemia and Moravia. Castle Eing.: 2.FEB. 1942 2. To the Secretary of State at the Reichsprotektor in Böhmen and Moravia 4-Groupnfänger K.H. Fr a n k, Prague. Betr.: Protectoratsgendarmerie - Officer's School in Prague. Adv.: Chne. On 15.1.1942 an officer's school of protectorats gendarmrie was opened in Prague, among the 5o participants there are about 30 Germans. On 16.1.1942, the general commander of the gendarme Rejf spoke in front of the students. In his speech, he stressed that a German had been wronged in Czechoslovakia. It should be noted that among the listeners there were several who had been removed from the genera for national reasons from the Czech Republic. With the exception of the German language, the teaching at the officer's school is only carried out in the Czech language. In this way, the German pupils are forced to use the Czech language. Moreover, they do not dare to speak only German, since they expect harassment and oppression from their Czech superiors. In their conjecture, the Germans' officers were even encouraged by the fact that Major Dr. Vaña, a son-in-law of the former Czech Minister of the Interior Ježek, stated in his first lesson that this was a protectorate school and therefore Czech was introduced as a teaching talk. Also the class leader, Gendarmerie-Stabskapitän Richter, explained in his VB-1142