NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 660, sig. 110-4/508 Page 26 · 26 of 57
Germany's MINISTRY for Chechnya and Moravia, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 660, sig. 110-4/508
English Translation
22 C side of the Reichsstudentenführer the action received the strong support of the head of the Volkspolitik Amt, Dr. Streit, and staff leader Thomas. Dr. Bässler, head of political education responsible for the overall education of the camaraderie studentdom, stepped out of his reserve and went over to the open support of our point of view. The personal contact was now also established with the Hauptamt für Volkstumsfragen, Sturmbann- führer Puchta. Party and state could be used less in view of the current war tasks, which were urgently placed in the rest of the Reich. The temporarily presented reports of the rectors to the Reich's Ministry of Education are in my opinion colourless, go from subject to subject. There is a new task here for the Reichsdozent leadership, which will be easier to fulfil under the current conditions than before. Through the General referat I/6-Hochschulen I was given a noticeable administrati ve, in the autonomous sector by the department head III essentially also financial assistance for the execution of the order. Through a detailed discussion with the clerk of the Reichsminister für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung (Government Director Kock), active support was secured, subject to the known weaknesses of the Imperial Ministry of Education. Despite the best factual and personal contact, it must not be ignored that ministerial and thus effectively bureaucratic treatment is still out of place. I refer to the detailed report of the Wintersemester 1943/44. Close cooperation with the German experts of the Youth Curatorium still existed. I would like to draw your attention to the special political services of the staff and speakers, Dipl. Volksw.Pfaff and Pg.Scherbaum. Summary. The action of the Czech studies in the summer semester 1944 could be continued due to the previous experience in quiet and consistent execution of the planning. Since the number of students in German higher education remained substantially the same, the burden on our comrades for the care of Czech students was no greater than in the previous semester. The life of the Czech students went well and, apart from their inner reservation, the contact was also satisfactory. The popular political attitude of the German studentry still shows the mentioned political tightness. The people's political officials did indeed make conceivable efforts, whose success was recognizable. Instructors' journeys through personal influence, education and local review were later successful. Students' and comrades' leaders, for their part, stressed their need for information and explanation.