GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 698, sig. 110-4549

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this overall development, but also the historical symbol for the clear political consequences of the present and future. Wenceslas, in recognition of the historical necessity, had finally joined the empire and thus occupied positions against the East for the first time. The rebels who, under the leadership of Brother Boleslav, opposed this state-manic attitude of Wenceslas, even then have overthrown Wenzel and his idea, murdered him themselves and tried to be a bastion against the West again under Bolesla. At that time, fate and space were also stronger. Boleslav himself – in the course of his experiences and experiences – found his way into the empire after fighting against the East. Hácha's decision in March 1939, which made possible the historical decision of the leader, corresponds to the spirit of the true Wenceslas tradition. The rebels against the empire from the September-October days of this year were judged not only because they did not grasp this Wenceslas tradition, but because they also fell in the break-through of old Eastern habits, practicing betrayal of loyalty to the empire, in order to again make out of the bastion against the East one against the West. They forgot that the leadership of the empire through the experiences of history had to be warned and prepared for the return of these apparitions. The Wenceslas tradition contains the realization that Bohemia and Moravia will be great only with the kingdom and always weak without the kingdom. However, it also shows us that the population finally sees the obligation to maintain its internal position, bearing in mind the presence of many German ancestors. 49