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waagogay Stermgramm f473. the R o d e of the SS-Sturmbannführer Martin W o I f , head of the Department of Cultural Policy in the German State Ministry of Bohemia and Moravia, over five years of the Czech and Moravian Council in the 38732 mirror of the press in the press club of the Union of National Journalistenverbanden, Vienna, on 21 January 1944. Ladies and gentlemen! March 15, 1944, is the fifth anniversary of the visit of the President of the State Dr. Hácha to Berlin, the centenary of the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by the Führer. This year, as I would like to say, this year not only in Prague, but also beyond that, will undoubtedly be the occasion for a review and an outlook on the development of the countries of Bohemia and Moravia under the protection of the Great German Empire. It is my task today to present to you the five years of political development in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the mirror of the Czech Pres- tices. I would therefore like to make three points at the beginning of my work, which clearly illustrate the course of the press policy process in the protectorate of Böhmen and Moravia. Firstly, the starting point: I need to say very little. From the last congress of the Union here in Vienna, you will all remember the lecture of the Prague archivist Dr. Rudolf Urban, who gave an illustrative excerpt from the preselection that we found in Prague at the time, to introduce his documentary publication on "Democrat press in the light of Prague's secret files". From this press corruption to today's state of the Czech press, a long way has been taken by the Czech media, which has brought with it beautiful and serious things. The low point of this development was probably what I would like to point out as second, the year 1994l, when the Czech population through anti-social agitation against the pro-