STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1906, sig. 109-5/134

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In turn, individual applicants with purely Czech ancestors gave a racially very pleasing picture. All applicants, who were racially well judged and at the same time passed the language exam with satisfactory or better (about 70 students), were selected in the near future. As a result, 36 students, one-third of whom were technicians and two-thirds were doctors, as well as three forest high school students and one mining engineer, were admitted.The Czech high school student's local requirements were almost exclusively around Vienna, Wroclaw, Innsbruck. On the German side, universities in Heidelberg and Würzburg, the Technical University in Stuttgart, the Forsthochschule Thanandt and the Bergakademie in Freiberg/Sa are planned as places of study. The political and military confrontation with Yugoslavia and Greece prompted the Czech press in the month under review to turn its attention back to the external political iage. In particular, the Prague newspapers took a stand against the evocative whispering propaganda on this occasion and warned the illusionists against exaggerated hopes, while the Czech provincial press avoided its own statements on the attitude of the Yugoslav government, so as not to run contrary to the sentiments of its readers. In addition, some newspapers urgently reminded readers of the narrow pliticism of leading the war against Germany with aid peoples and then withdrawing as quickly as possible. Internally, the speech of the State Secretary i_Group Leader K.H.Frank on 20 April was commented on. The Národni Politika, dated 22 April, is a large area; above all, its recognition of the achievements of workers and peasants and its warning to the Czech intellectuals received an in-depth appreciation. In her article "We and the Reich", the Secretary of State advanced the words: "Europe can live without a Czech state, but the Czechs can no longer live without Europe under German leadership" and wrote about the incorrigible Czech intellectuals that they had not only fallen short of the age, but also had to be regarded as people's pests because they were afraid of cooperation with the Germans. In the "Poledni list" of April 22, Karel Werner gave the unlearnables the advice not to burden the people under the title "Shweigt Illusionisten!".