NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 644, sig. 110-4/492 Page 36 · 36 of 39
GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 644, sig. 110-4492
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26a cultural parts of the empire are umldaher also have to share his fates. The lectures, visits in Berlin and Potsdam, as well as the correct reception in Rankenheim made a lasting impression on the Czechs, so that the courses fulfilled their purpose. Around the rest czech. To familiarize historians with the new historical study, which was only given to a selection of professors in Rankenheim, 194l were held in Bohemia and Moravia even during the Christmas holidays and 19 courses of 14 days each during the main holidays of 1942. In Keferaten and Korreferats the Ran- kenheimer topics were presented on a broader basis and tested. Own German lessons served the implementation in the German language and the elaboration of the most extensive historical specialist expressions. In the Christmas courses the course language was Czech. The management was in the hands of cschech. Historians who had only partly grown up in their task. Although the students were obviously anxious to learn something new, the cooperation was more passive-receptive, which is due to the lack of foreign and outdated teaching methods at the Czech schools. The courses were attended by German observers, who also intervened in the debate and referred to the supporting ideas of the Reichsgeschichte, which otherwise would not have been understood by the too materially and rationally valued Czechs. The nature of the lectures, the comments made during the debates and the general discussions allowed the German observers to draw conclusions about the students' ability to present history from the point of view of the Reich. The second training cycle was to highlight Bohemia and Moravia's new task as Reichslande due to their historical ties to the kingdom of Elnaeucig and to shake up Czech history myth. To achieve the course goal and to remove various arms from the winter courses.