English Translation

b99 -4- were more effective German officials. With particular interest, it was also asked about the frequency of sabotage attacks. Among other things, one wanted to know whether it was true that in the Protectorate the Fa- s briken actually worked only under assistants of armed guard organs and that many trains disembark daily. The Javan Domei representative Tomoeda took the lead in the suspicion when, while visiting a library of the youth curatorium, he demanded the removal of the book "My Fight", in order to be able to determine, as he admitted smilingly, whether this book is actually being read by Czech young people. After just a few days, all journalists found that their initial skepticism was largely overcome. This is largely due to the effect of the normal Prague life and the Prague almost unwarm streetscape. EUEEMSDDE JUS Thus, e.g. Swiss journalist Werner, after his arrival in Prague, only the way from the train station to the hotel was enough for him to let him know how things were in the protectorate and how wrong the foreign journalists had been in the way of the enemy propaganda. In a series of individual statements by journalists, it could also be recognized that small scenes, which were caused by accident, in general address these the most. For example, the Swedish journalist Gernandt was very impressed by the fact that 5050 a Czech policeman of Czech passers-by had collected fines for violating the traffic regulations. This was proof that the Czechs were on their own initiative interested in the preservation of the order and did not let things run in passive resistance. As was noted on previous occasions, this time too, the "living documents of Czech autonomy", such as protectorate police in their own uniforms, government troops, etc., did not miss their effect on foreign journalists. In addition to these unprogrammed impressions, the journalists were very impressed by the official programme of politics in the Protectorate. It was very important that foreign journalists were repeatedly shown the scope of autonomous Czech cultural life. The conclusion of the journalists' journey in Moravia showed them the extensive Czech independence in the Czech Republic.