English Translation

Z In 1933, Reichsminister R u st announced the transformation of the former cadets and then state educational institutions Köslin, Plön and Potsdam into national political educational institutions. In the following years, further institutions were established, such as the former Cadets' buildings Bensberg near Cologne, Naumburg a. d. Saale, Oranienstein Castle a.d. Lahn, in the former monastery schools Jlfeld and Schulpforta, in Berlin-Spandau, in Neuzelle near Guben and in Stuhm in West Prussia. In Anhalt, the Ballenstedt-Köthen institution was established, in Saxony the Klozsche institution near Dresden and in Württemberg the Baknang institution and the Rottweil institution. In the Ostmark, four former state institutions were converted into national political educational institutions, namely the Therefianum Academy in Vienna founded by Maria Theresia, the Breitensee Institute in Vienna, the Anstalt Traiskirchen (Niederdonau) and the Staatserziehungsanstalt für Mädchen in Vienna whose upper level was transferred to Hubertendorf an der Ybbs. (Of course, the education of the girls is different from that of the boys.) The first institution in the Sudetengau is to be opened in the foreseeable future Castle Ploschkowitz near Leitmeritz. New buildings are planned on the Bückeberg, in Hirschberg in Schlefien, in Trier and at the Faaker See in Carinthia. In the framework of the overall education plan, instruction is given to the traditional institutions of Ilfeld and Schulpforta according to the curriculum of the Gymnasium, at the other institutions according to a curriculum of upper school. The training period generally lasts 8 years, i.e. from 1st to the completed 18th century. The institutions of Klozsche, Naum- burg and Stuhm are affiliated to the institutions of Köthen and Neuzelle. These institutions take up 12 to 2 years of particularly qualified pupils to a six-year education. The final certificate of the institutions confers university maturity as the certificate of maturity. The choice of a job is completely free, even after a pre-military-aeronautical training, as is possible at the institutions of Köslin and Potsdam.