English Translation

66 The German Minister of State. 15 November 1943. (p.d.) St.M.151/43/St.8.68/43. N 1.) To Mr. Reichsminister Dr.Ruat, Berlin W8, Unter den Linden 69. Dear Mr. Imperial Minister! Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Konrad Henlein gave me under the 6.ll.dd.Js. A copy of the Briefes, which he addressed to you in connection with the award of the Eichendorff-Preiges, is sent to Professor Dr.Gierach. To me, the decision made by your ministry is that Professor Gierach for the awarding of the incomprehensible. As a connoisseur of the space, of its development and of the mengches, who have actually campaigned for the elimination of the techecho-slovecan regime, I confirm that Gierach has fought without reservation against this regime at its end. Such an active attitude was by no means the rule among the colleagues of Gierakh demal. The scientific achievements of Gierach are recognized to my knowledge. The intention of the founders at the Eichendorff Prize, which applies to the Germans in Sudetenlande and in Bohemia and Moravia, was precisely the one in the prize winner "an example of German attitude"