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bb si marital service RTH Prag-Bubentich, 10.10.1941. S0-feltobschnitt Prag Sachfenweg Fernfprecher 77444 E 650 Ge heima ! mdoken 11. OKT. 1941 Mood report No. 7. Betr.: Situation and mood on 9.10.1941 in the Protectorate. I. General mood: In agreement with almost all Oberlandratsbezirken, it is reported that the victory reports from the Eastern Front, which are received by the German population with enthusiasm and deepest participation, are largely almost completely ignored by the Czech population. This is obviously based on the fact that the internal political processes in the Protectorate are still completely in the foreground of the interest, on the other hand with the fundamental conviction of the Czech circles that all German victories in the final defeat of the empire could not change anything of the OKw reports must be most distrustful. It is precisely now that Czechs have been deprived of their rights from various districts, and Eliáš is still discussing the main interest of the Czechs to the smallest extent. In Czech circles of Prague, it is said that Eliás will be burdened with the President Hácha, who drew the contradictory Hs incomprehensible. In the OLB Pilsen there are the Tscls of the evaluation of Eliáš; of the one wii ich net, which still will not betray anything, is feared that he will involve further Czechia.