STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 431, sig. 109-4/176 (damaged)

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In the OLB Zlin, the Czech whisper propaganda is now trying to push the sabotage act on the tracks into the shoes of the Germans. In Holleschau, for example, there is a very good example of this. it counts that the brake hoses damaged a few days ago at the station there were cut by the Germans themselves in order to reduce the civilian distance for the area there. It is further claimed that the Germans therefore instigate such sabotage acts in order to prove the necessity of their presence in the Protectorate and then not to be drafted into the military force. 4.) Other political statements: Der am 19.10. German Day, conducted by the NSDAP local group Laun (OLB Kladno), became a complete success, as when a Czech policeman wanted to determine the name of the leader, he explained: "Don't follow us, I will pull the revolver". The policeman called the German criminal police to help. The SA man Jancik in Wisowitz (OLb Zlin) was arrested on 18.10. In the morning a lead bullet was shot through the window by unknown perpetrators. On October 20th, in Ung.Brod (oLB Zlin) a spiritual mass was held in the Catholic Church for the executed Czechs Količek and Schmidt. Numerous members of the Czech intellectual group participated in this.