STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2441, sig. 109-12/86

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Ministerial Councillor Dr. Heckel Prague, 30 September 2942 1 Oct 1942 33 Herrndosigen . General Reinefarth at H a u se I shall return to you the two lists of teachers which you gave me on 28.ds. Mts. after examination. Since I do not know any of the teachers, I cannot say anything about their suitability for the intended task. I can only ask you not to choose old men. Moreover, in the confessional situation in Bohemia and Moravia, it would be advisable to look for non-Catholic elementary school teachers for the intended task. Since it is mainly the elementary school system about which the men should teach themselves, only elementary school instructors would be eligible. Men who had already given up on the teaching profession, such as cases B/, 9, 17, 20 and 21, should also be excluded. I repeat my request that the relevant teachers be instructed to contact the German district school inspectors in the Oberlandrat district so that the appearance of double-iceness is avoided and that they can take advantage of the great experience of the district school Inspectors. Would it not perhaps at all be advisable for the Oberlandrats to be instructed first of all to present, together with their German district school inspector, situation reports on the school situation of their inspection district, which would then be the basis for the further work of the men you are looking for? At the same time, I would like to ask to make available to us from the list A as soon as possible some philologists (study councils) for the German teacher training institutions. The number of German teacher education institutions has been more than doubled at the beginning of this school year (August-September), while we have received very few new teachers for these schools. Here, any allocation would mean tangible help in the importance of