GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 697, sig. 110-4548

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50a - 6 -, on the Czechoslovak Republic and not on Stalin had sworn. The mood in Busuluk was good. But one would not believe in a victory of Russia without strong support by England. The Russian victory reports from November 1942 were considered to be strongly exaggerated. The Russian success at Stalingrad had cost tremendous blood sacrifice. Discipline was good in the troop. There was no voice of struggle, but an unconditional obedience to the Czech officers also in the fight. The heard one does not believe that any propaganda in this troop could be successful, apart from the fact that the Btl. As long as Czech officers are at the head of this force, there would be no question of overflowing, although at least with all those who have stayed in Russian penal camps for two and a half years, there is an urgent desire to return home as soon as possible, even if they had to "eat dry bread" there. In the prisons he would have been beaten many times. He personally had only one wish: to live and work in peace and order. From a propaganda in his home country through returnees from Russia he only promises himself something if the propaganda could be raised on a large scale. e.g. to mill 72211