STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1718, sig. 109-4/1473

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- 3 - C/ In addition, I agree with the guiding principles in general, but I draw attention to the danger of German education being transferred well to the Czech youth. The anti-German chauvinism of the Czechs, which has been raised since the middle of the last century, is precisely due to the drinking of certain circles of the czech people with German education. The Czech is skilled in acquiring German educational values, and is also inclined to be presented with them. On the basis of such a course of education, however, he opposes us, i.e. the people to whom he owes the most valuable. 'The conclusion which would have to be drawn from this historical fact, if now German educational goods - beginning with the German language - were to be given in larger Masze Tschehen and furthermore thought of a selection of Czechs from German, seems therefore in my opinion. to be these: a/ emboldening of German educational material in mental fas- sation mur in the lowest school types/Volksschule, Hauptschule/. Most practical limitation of the higher school types of the Czechs in number as well as very cautious, to some extent only forcibly oriented also these bchul types to the most important Reich needs. b/ Transfer of the young people born in the lower Etanty aone grades to German for use by a selection process, directly to the corresponding higher German school types, depending on their needs and ability. In the case of beremunyell, the continuation of the rest of the Czech youth continued their further training in the higher migrant school types left to the Czechs, which then did not need to be further developed at all and met with German educational knowledge. The school-level examination indicated in points (a) and (b) could prevent the introduction of German education to Czechs born in the course of the generations from damaging to our people, while at the same time simplifying the well-planned dismantling of the Czech school system. In particular, in the long term, the political-tactical considerations used here should be taken into account behind the more or less