STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, INV. 61, Sig. 109-1/67

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58a victory came. That he will now also survive the external struggle against Bolshevism and Plutocracy imposed upon him under Adolf Hitler's leadership is the unshakable belief of all National Socialists. Our fallen and the heroism of the German front, which was proven in five hard years of war, as well as the brave attitude of the german people in their homeland, vouch for this. It is particularly important to say this in Bohemia and Moravia at this time. Since the leader of this country, in accordance with its historical purpose, has been reinstated again and again by the Empire, it has been established that Bohemia and Mähren can never exist without the Empire anymore, but that the Empire will never give up Bohemia and the Moravian Empire. Bismarck once called Bohemia the Citadel of Europe and, since the Middle Ages, has been part of the political consciousness of Europeans that the fate of Bohemia and Moravia is decisive for the fates of the Empire and Europe. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the reunification of the countries of Bohemia and Moravia with the Empire, Hácha stated that the first five years of the Protectorate, because they were almost entirely marked by the struggle for fate in Europe, meant a historical test of the new state-law conditions in Bohemia and Mähren, which is more convincing than the experiences of decades in the sign of peace. These statements are the basis of any imperial policy. They will also guide the German leadership in Bohemia and Moravia, especially in the coming weeks and months. Anyone who doubts this would very soon be taught that what was once pronounced as a principle, if necessary, would be defended in the toughest struggle. Bohemia and Moravia is the Reichsland and not occupied territory, is the heartland of the Reich. This space is not to be compared with the wide spaces in the East or West, which are abandoned by the German Wehrmacht - once wrestled from the enemy - today, in order to concentrate the utmost fighting power for the last decision before the borders of the Empire. The fate of Bohemia and Moravia is inseparably linked to the fate of the Empire. This may be said above all of those Czechs who now "weep the air of liberation" and consider the time for coming to sabotage and play Maffia. The German leadership in Bohemia and Moravia has often proved in recent years that it does not hesitate to suffocate every attempt at resistance in the bud. It is more determined today than ever! The Czech people, in their vast majority, appreciate the peace and order that has been preserved in more than five years of this great war thanks to the foresight of its President. It is not reckless to see the peace of its homeland with a blu