English Translation

.20 V e r m e r k . Subject: Dismissal of UK students from the Sudetengau and the Protectorate. In the Czechoslovak Republic, it was common practice for military service to be completed only after graduation. All the more so, for understandable reasons, every German tried to postpone the fulfilment of his compulsory military service as far as possible. After the construction of the Sudetengau and the Protectorate, the members of the German universities in Prague and Brno had not yet served at a rate of more than 9 %. During the current war, a large number of students registered as volunteers for the war, but only relatively few were drafted. A short time ago, all students in Prague and Brno (who have not yet served) received a notice that they will be called for two years of active military service in the course of October.' Many of these students have already received the position order. Rejections are only possible if the person concerned has completed his studies later until March 1994l. This measure has the consequence that all students in Prague and Brno have to interrupt for two years. During this time, the universities have only a small number of old- Reich German Höhrer, mostly from the western regions, which will almost without exception return to their home universities after the end of the war. If the student returns to the university after two years of interruption, not only have the old study plans still partially valid here and the transitional provisions disappeared, but in many cases he is also confronted with new professors and assistants, who have now been appointed to the vacant or auxiliary positions. These, in turn, are not familiar with his previous work (written work, preparatory work on doctoral thesis).