English Translation

WENZELSTRADITION On 19 November 1941, during the ceremonial visit of the coronation mini-oddies in the Wenceslas Chapel, President Dr. Hácha handed over the seven keys and received three of the seven key to faithful hands in custody. This symbolic act ends centuries of doubt and marks once again the consistency of the decisive act of the leader of 16 March 1939. This celebration gives reason to recall the Wenceslas tradition in its full depth and to point out its historical significance for the relationship of this space to the realm in the past, present and future. After the emigration of a large part of the Germanic population, other nations came from the east into this area, from which the present population grew, in the course of the centuries, in a strong mix with the Germani elements. In his attitude as well as in the political view, this advance was an East-West movement. In the course of political and ethnic development, the need for a clear relationship was soon established 47