GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 679, sig. 110-4/528

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Copy. The Gguleiter and Reichsstatthalter im Sudetengau (11sdeichenberg 15 June 1944. To the Herr Reicheminister für Wiesenschaft, Erziehung und Volkenbildung Pg. Bernhard R u s t Strictly confidential! in Berlin 8 A Unter den Linden 69. Dear Mr Reichsminister, dear party comrade R u st ! As I said, the reason why the Office of the University of Wiasenscheft was created is that the rectors of the German universities who had been working for a long time will soon be exchanged. This would mean that the Rector of the Technical University of Prague and the Agricultural University of Tetschen-Liebwerd, Prof. Dr. Buntru, would have to leave his office. I would personally regret this, as I also know, that the authorities of my Gaues would regard such a regulation as very unfavorable. Prof. Buntru has proven himself human, working and political in the past few years of his work and has become popular all over the world. He thus continued his extremely meritorious work in Prague during the time of battle, during which he always worked through his unrelenting, V0-258