English Translation

Ministerial Councillor Dr. Heckel Prague, February 1944 III b 46 - 10 1 1 FEB. 1944 To the head of the ministry in the H a us e Subject: Admission of Czech children from Vienna to Czech schools of the Protectorate Attachment: 3 Referring to our oral discussion, I am sending an entry from the Association of Czech Invalids in Vienna dated January 20, 1984 in original and. I have only now received a translation from the Ministry of People's Enlightenment, where it was in the course of business, 2. an entry from the Association of Czech Victims of War in Prague dated 8 February 1984 because of an individual case in the same situation. According to the regulations issued in consultation with Öbersturmbannführer Fischer, children whose parents or guardians have or have resided in the rest of the Reich are not allowed to attend Czech schools in the Protectorate. The decisive factor for this decree was that children who once attended German schools in the rest of the Reich should not be returned to Czech schools. In the present case, this point of view should not apply, since the schools in Vienna are Czech collective schools, which exist there for children, whose parents explicitly profess to be Czech folk. I know these schools. They are distinguished from the numerous St.M.√0-24/44