GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 738, sig. 110-5/27

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99a −20- less participated in all actions. Of the events held outside Prague, only the large public rally of the Silesian people on Ostré Hürka boi Chabitschvo, through which the whole of Czech Silesia on 22 Septembor became known to the Czech state, was particularly mentioned. With regard to very serious political relations in Hungary, Slovakia did not take any part in the domestic resistance, only cinzelne had links with the Chechnya Maffia (Štefánek). Otherwise, in Slovakia, since the beginning of the war, perfect political passivity has been maintained, which was less obvious than Slovakia's political life, even before the wars in Kuinor, was particularly open.Since 1910, only two Slovak MPs (Blahc and Juriga) have been present in Budapest's Parliament. On the Slovak magazines, which were ohnchin all around the number, eino strèngo censorship was charged, the "Slovenský denik-" appearing in Budapest was put in at all and the other nusts write in a sense favorable to Hungary. Ir stayed only in spring 1917. Šrobar in Prague and linked here to czechishon Kreiron relations, when in don czechizhon rallies this year the connection of Slovakia to the Czech historical countries was demanded, the Magyars stood against it and forced the Slovaks to dogoggle pProtosten. But neither the leader of the Natienalo party nit Matúš Dula at the head nor the other political partoion could be moved to such demonstrations by promises or terror. The first Slovak politisclen kundgobung was not able to do so until 1 May 1918 in L,sv, Mikuláš, where, according to the papers of Dr. Šrobar, part of the Slovak social-deocratic working class and the progressive Bürgortun, was decided to assert the demand for self-determination also for the Slowakon. This emergence resulted in only one further persecution. In the actions developed in Prague, the Slovaks were only allowed to attend the festivities in Nationalon Theatre.