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La DES BEKIOB GSVORT DESCHENKVBT-NMAEBALAI O 1.) the late Professor Dr. Ernst G i e r a c h, Munich, es3 2.) the composer Dr. Walter H e n s e l,Teplitz-Schönau, 3.) the professor Dr. Emil L e h m a n n,Dresden-Loschwitz, who is worthy of SudetenGerman language and homeland research, is the president of the foundation. Theodor M e t z, Freiburg i/Br., who has also been in close contact with sudetenGerman questions for years.The chair of the board of trustees is Professor Dr. W o s t r y, Prague. The founder of the Johann Wolfgang Goehte Foundation is the Hamburg-based wholesaler Alfred T o e p f e r, currently Captain in military service. Whether Mr. Toepfer can take part in the celebration is not yet entirely certain. The other names will be in Prague on Friday, ll.2.l944, in the evening. The prize for Professor Dr.Ernst Gierach will be accepted by his daughter in representation of Mrs. Gierah, who is unable to take the trip to Prague due to illness. The invitations to the celebration, which had to be postponed several times, can only be completed tomorrow and given out- 81. s I would be grateful for a notification whether and when a reception of the above-mentioned personalities is possible with the Minister of State. I have allowed myself to attach the statutory documents ( 3 pieces ). I would be grateful if these documents could be returned to me by the beginning of next week, since they are only available once in our files and are required for the execution of the award ceremony.