English Translation

Absohrift. The Oberlandrat Pilsen, 18 December 1939. 23 To the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia in Prague. Subject: Request of Prof. Franz A p e l t for dismissal from school service. In the annex I send the request of the Prof. of the local German Trade Academy Franz A P p e 1 t for release from school duty. I can only confirm that the information of the Professor. The financial conditions of the teachers of the German Trade Academy and of the other German educational institutions are to be described as extremely dismal in accordance with the completely inadequate salary. On this matter I have already been repeatedly and emphatically presented in writing and orally to the Reichsprotektor, but a few days ago I heard from the Lord,Reg. Rat Rotermund, that it is not to be thought of a financial upsurge of the German teachers. I must stress that in this case I have to have the most serious concerns about the future of the local educational institutions.Appelts is only the first to be followed very soon under these circumstances by the needs of the other teachers. They rightly cite as an example that young girls who are dismissed from school with 17/l8 years of age and who are employed in the economy as typewriters deserve much more, sometimes even twice as much as they earn. An example of the bleak situation of the young teachers is the fact that some time ago the head of the trade academy had a heated ram to the