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General abstract Iv/2 Prague, August 9, 1943 Strictly confidential! V e r m e r k. Subject: Joseph Freiherr-v. Eichendorff Prize. The EichendorfF Prize belongs to the Johann-Volfgang Goethe-Stiftung and is valid for Germanism in the Sudetengau and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It amounts to RM lo.O0o.-- and is awarded every two years by the Rector of the German Charles University in Prague. The Board of Trustees, which consists of three representatives of the University (Prof. Dr. Wostry, Prof. Drs. Lauf- ke, Professor Dr. Ernstberger and two other representatives (Kolbenheyer, Bruno Brehm), can award it annually by dividing the prize amount. Points 1 and 2 of the stipulations). The day of the award ceremony is determined by the university in agreement with the Board of Trustees: The award ceremony takes place by the rector of the German Karls University. The president of the Goethe Foundation is Prof. Metz. The other regional foundations in the Goethe-Stiftung are also not to be shared higher and maintain. Prof. Wostry, after agreement with Ss-Obergruppenführer Frank and Gauleiter Henlein (taking advantage of the distribution of prices) has proposed for 194l Waiter Hensel, for 1942 Prof. Gierach (Munich) and for 1943 Prof. Lehmann and is therefore in correspondence with the President of the Goethe Foundation, Prof. Metz, who examines and approves the detailed proposals. Mr Wostry stated that Walter Hensel was definitely in question. On the other proposals the communications ddentd C dt dn c dr d führer Frank had proposed by letter of 17 February 1943 to the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Konrad Henlein for l942 Walter Henzel and for l 944 Prof. Emil Lehmann, which proposals of the Gaulaiter with letter of 2. In the case of these proposals, a division of the price was not initially envisaged.