Joseph Goebbels at the ND

The segment from the 1940 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) No. 47 reports on the visit of Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels to Prague on 5 November 1940. At the station, he is greeted by Secretary of State of the Reich Protectorate Karl Hermann Frank, Konrad Henlein, Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich Burgsdorf and Colonel Arthur von Briessen. After a parade of the SS guard of honour, Joseph Goebbels leaves by car for Prague Castle. After being greeted at the Matthias Gate (Matyášova brána), he visits the Czernin Palace (Černínský palác) in the company of Reich Protector Konstantin von Neurath and Karl Hermann Frank, and gives a speech to the gathered cultural workers. This is followed by a Nazi party celebration in the hall of the Industrial Palace at Výstaviště, a visit to the grounds of Prague Castle and other important sights in the capital. Following that is a meeting between Goebbels, Prague Mayor Alois Říha, his deputy Josef Pfitzner and the head of state Emil Hácha. Goebbels, accompanied by president Hácha, visits the National Theatre to see a newly put on production of Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride). At the theatre he meets Karel Herman Frank, conductor Václav Talich and the director of the National Theatre, Karel Neumann.