English Translation

- 20 - 36, however, I am firmly convinced that at the moment I would have a very difficult situation if any foreigner were to enter the Czech population. The Czech would immediately begin to conspire with every Englishman, Frenchman, Belgianman, Italianman, South Slavman or even Russian and Eastern worker, and it would be over with the peace and order in the Protectorate. 5. After all, I did not carry out any hostage measures on a large scale. On the basis of the principle that hostage measures are, of course, only a sign of security-police failure and, in relation to the great kinship and acquaintance that each hostage possesses, only creates an army of avengers, I have in general excluded. However, I have always and at every hour eliminated the perpetrators and helpers in the broadest sense and under certain circumstances with the most brutal means in the fastest way. We still have about a hundred death sentences, and we can access with lightning speed and perhaps with special treatment where the Reich is being treated. We have, however, become accustomed to hanging on the big bell as before/announcements about it and putting the press and round radio into the world, whereby the opponent was only given the opportunity to pollemi- sierren against us on the radio for days or even weeks and to make the world believe, in Bohemia and Moravia it burns lighterloh, everywhere there is revolt and we could only make ourselves through constant