Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 748, sig. 110-5/37

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- N - Prague, 1 June 1943. 25 W a h r n h m t n g_. In Königgrätz, the rumor is that the Czech population in Königglätz, Nachod, Königenhof and Josefstadt dureh was asked to leave their homes during the night period from 1 to 6 June 1994 because the English Air Force would bombard these areas. In this context, it is further spread by plush propa- ganda that the attacks are primarily in the new work "SKoDA-Konstruktiva" in Königgrätz-Zaunfeld, which is to be destroyed before the start of the work. The rumor takes on an ever larger scope in Königgratz, and has already 'applied to circles of the German population. As is now widely used, Czech residents of the districts and the SKoDA works in Königgrätz-Kuklen are to begin to pack their belongings, and various families are also to have their valuables with acquaintances in the further