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IV/1 - Za/Sche Prag, 5 July 1944. Mergppufan all Vatuda for It ae pontute Rspreg Worplay l.) V e r mer k. Betr.: a) Note from Head of Division Stubaf. Wolf of 21 May 1944 on the request of 0'Gruf., why the Eichendorff Prize is only always awarded to people over 60 years and never to Robert Hohlbaum. b) Letter from Gauleiter Henlein of 3 May 1944. bry and fog After viewing the Statute of the Joseph 13 & Freiherrn-v.-Eichendorff-Prize of the Johann Wolfgang- 4< Goethe-Foundation, further after consultation with the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Eichendorff Prize Prof. Dr. Wostry and after ascertaining the birth dates of the award winners 194l, 1942 and 1943, I can report the following. l. The age of the prizewinners: 1941 Walter Hensel, 54 years (born l887) 1942 Gierach, 61 years ( born l88l) 1943 Lehmann, 63 years (b. 1880) The prizewinner Robert Hohlbaum, already proposed for l944, was born on 28 August 1886 and thus 58 years old. 2. The above-mentioned statute states in point 3 (prize holder): "The prizewinners should be personalities who have distinguished themselves by a u s e r o r d e n t l i o h e performance in writing, in painting, music, applied art or folk studies. The prize can be awarded both for individual works and for overall creation." Prof. Wostry informed me that according to the guidelines of the president of the Goethe Foundation Prof. Metz, who is responsible for the confirmation of the proposals, the complete and mature creation of a proposed prize winner is the basis for the assessment 6Stl-v-0-95/44 2 $\0-95/}