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-3-29 and I; also the professors of Charles University in Prague, Dr. Franz Laufke and Dr. Anton Ernstberger). If Gierach were to be denied the award of the Eichen- dorff-Prize, this would not only mean a bitter insult to him; even in broad circles of the Sudeten Germans, it would not be understood why it was precisely this unscathed national champion who should fail such an award. The intention of the founders in the construction of the Eichendorff Prize, which is valid for the Germans in the Sudetenland, in Bohemia and Moravia, was to show the Germans "in the prize winner an example of a German attitude". The weight of all these moments makes it difficult for me to believe that the decision taken on October 2nd was a final decision. I would like to ask you, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, if you consider the reasons mentioned to be equally serious, to suggest to the relevant authorities whether the merits of Gierach are so great that they outweigh the concerns that have been raised against him, and whether the price can be granted to him. I remain with the German greeting Heil Hitler ! of the Minister of State very devoted ef o un cot CS587 Eichwald, on 4 November 1943.