THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 776, sig. 110-5/66

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28.7.1943. Security service of the Reichsführers-ff Prag-Bubentsch, SD section Prague Sachsenweg telex 774-44 III LB 109 SOOS 3133/43 1.) To the Reichsssicherheitshauptamt - III A - z.Hd. -Obersturmbannführer Dr. Gengenbach Berlin. Office A S'aalssekuelü 2.) Messaged: 1 o o otektor in Mähcen To the 28th JULY 1943 Reichs Securityhauptam - III C z. Hd. i-OberSturmbannsführER Drl-Spengler Berlin. Betr.: Impact of the resignation of Mussolini in Prague Jesuit circles. Preliminary note: Without. A Prague guarantor sought on 26.7. the Jesuit monastery in Prague, where he also brought the speech back to Mussolini. In a long conversation he could see that the Jesuits regarded the resignation of Mussolili almost as an accident which hit the church and especially its Order. They believe that the external causes of this, in their opinion very important and subsequent events, have been prepared for a long time. The Italian Freemasonry, which could be based on a hundred-year-old national and political tradition, and even now still possessed numerous supporters in the higher bourgeoisie, even within the fascist party, had not disarmed, but patiently pursued its goal. In their wake, there are to be numerous rising politicians who have failed to progress within the united party of the lussolini, as well as high active officers.