English Translation

198 has long been regarded as the main carrier of Czech resistance by representatives of Nazi power. Persons have been selected from prisoners already detained, according to the criteria, the more known the effect on civilians will be stronger. Lists of executed citizens from Tábor, for example, show that half of the executed were doctors, teachers, scientists and artists. (564) The leader of the Gestapo in Hradec Králové Albert Hardtke to a similar list, prepared by the relevant security forces, cynically remarked: ..... in case I should actually present these names (the same court), there will be no doctor and lawyer left in the whole of Hradc and the surrounding area. (565) It was also necessary to examine information from security services outside the secret police to avoid arrest and punishment of individuals who worked for the secret law enforcement and security services. In addition to the information on the charges, reports of family and financial relations were also received at the Prague headquarters. The Gestapo, thanks to the SD and its own search, had a very good overview of the number, age and employment of offspring and property, including approximate purchase price. These financial machines included not only secret police members themselves, but also their family members. The secret police had such power that using their relatives' fear of arrest and asking for the release of the financial amount was one way to make a decent profit. (566) The executed victims were selected in principle from four groups of "conspirators" that overlaped to some extent. Most of the parachutists did not get into the hands of the occupying authorities, and the police stopped terror after the death of the last paratrooper of the band Silver A Jiří Potůčka on July 2, 1942. A number of paratroopers were caught before the assassination was committed, killed in combat, or committed suicide. A group of real and supposed collaborators (Helfershelfer) were affected to a much greater extent.