English Translation

- 7 - Since the incorporation of the Bohemian-Moravian region into the Great German Empire, the activity of the IJD has been substantially restricted. As the association announces in its annual report for 1939, he opened his work under "very difficult" conditions, for 1938 was already a "critical" for him in the true sense of the word. His actions decreased in the years 1938 to 1 940 to a few applications. The main area was limited to mediating German housekeeping for Czechs and paid stays in the Sudeten German territory. According to the IJD, there was no longer any interest in the exchange of German and Czech young people, so that the prejudice was forced to restrict his office activities and reduce the associated direction to a minimum.In some German magazines, the IYD also published notes after the establishment of the Protectorate, which showed that he was looking for German families who would accept a Czech child for a paid stay in order to learn the douch language.At the same time, he tried to arrange language circles for the teaching of the German language and for this purpose sent posters to the Prague schools and former interested parties. It is significant that the IJD adds in its final text of the Annual Report for 1939: "We hope that our youth service will be able to continue its educational and communication activities, even under the present exceptional circumstances. It will also be our aim to bring the youth of both peoples who live in the same area closer and to give them confidence in a better future. n The overall picture for the "International Youth Service" is that it is a politically heavily burdened