English Translation

On 27 June 1939, the new statutes of the National Council applicable to the Protectorate were adopted. "According to the decision of the President Dr. Emil Hacha of 6 June 1939, the Czech National Council in Prague is an aid centre created within the Czech national life for the purpose of coordination and practical division of labour of all non-political associations, institutions and national associations. This also defines his relationship with the national community, which is the political leadership of the people and also regulates the relationship of the Czech National Council with the institutions of the public administration, to which all executive violence is reserved. The Czech National Council sees as its task the integration of all groups of public life into non-political, national and cultural cooperation, the organisation of common national activities in the national and culture sense and the penetration of them with a unified national spirit". A total of 9 sections were created and in the interest of a direct information service in all areas of the Protectorate trusted persons were set up. The Czech National Council, as central bodies under the supervision of the Board of the National Council and under the obligation to keep regularly informed of its activities, is affiliated to a number of organisations, some of which have already had to be disbanded by the state police, in particular: Central organization of care for the compatriots abroad, which at the same time exists as an independent association under the name "home of the Czech countrymen abroad", has been dissolved for one year; likewise the "Komensky Association", dissolved February 1942 including its Vienna branch organisa- r s re d de drates are to be mentioned as the most important: 1.) The Czech Cultural Council as ==References====External links== Annex 2); 2.) The Central Organisation for National Work as an Early Malignant/Schools and Defence Associations; 3.) The Women's Centre, also an autonomous organization. - 7 -