English Translation

The draft was formulated on the basis of the discussion with the Director-General Professor M e n z e 1. To Professor Dr E O t o in PragXII Beneschauer-Str.23 Dear Professor ! I was informed by Magnificence B u n t r u that you withdrew your request for retirement in a letter to Mr Reichsminister R u s t, which was sent to Berlin by way of the Dianstwege. Magnifizenz Buntru told me about his various meetings with you. After Dr. On his behalf, Mr Rust, Minister of the Reich, as well as I, have always represented the stand that your conduct as Rector of the German Karls University at the time deserves full recognition. With regard to the above, SS-Obergruppenführer H e y d r i c h at that time also expressed the wish that this recognition should be given to you once again during Threr Emerigation and at the same time ensure that your wish for an honorary professorship for phonetics or general language teaching and language ps-chology is fulfilled. At the instigation of SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich several times in this matter was negotiated in the ministry. On my instructions Dr. Beyer has now held a meeting with ministerial director Professor Menzel again and stated that the responsible head of the office wants to work for the granting of a Honopar Oröfessur to the minister. He does not believe, however, that the grant of the honorary professorship for Berlin will be possible, since the faculty misses any initia tives. In question is either the University of Marburg (or another university you propose) or the sound research institute in Braunschweig. Minister Rust is currently abroad, so that Minister Menzel can only speak to him in a few weeks' time.