English Translation

-5- area of Austerlitz still has very strong denominational links. Since German was taught as a compulsory subject in this school since the protectionist direction, a certain prestige point was added, so that it would appear expedient to leave the confessional school, until a German school could take its place in Austerlitz, which is likely to be the case immediately after the end of the war, since Austerlice once offers enough starting points for German immigration, on the other hand, much only since about l88o cschechized German blood, whose repopulation is already under way. It is significant that even the Czech mayor of Austerlitz, Dr. W a l t h e r , and the director of the Austerlitz Städtische Sparkasse, H p 1 u b , spoke to a party member in Austerlice in order to intervene for the further admission of the school, pointing out that the German teachers employed at that school were in any case better educated than the teachers at more advanced Czech schools. They also said that teaching at the denominational school was carried much more of the spirit of the present day; the Reich idea was taught there more profoundly than at the other public schools, therefore the further admission of the confessional school would be a lesser evil than, for example, the Übergihrehag of all pupils to the state schools of irvausterlitz. In Wittingau, with effect from 1.9.19942, a confessional elementary and civic school was closed, which attended about 35o children. Among the Czech population of Wittingau, this measure caused the greatest dissatisfaction, while Czech teachers of secular schools were very satisfied and said that this school closure had been due for a long time, because in such religious schools only children who would have made bad progress in secular schools would be admitted.