English Translation

150 2.3.3 Discrimination of the field of education and culture - restriction of access to education 2.3.3.1 The University School of Student Riots, which broke out in Prague in connection with the funeral of the medic Jan Opletal on 15 November 1939, provided an appropriate excuse for radical intervention of the occupying power against Czech higher education. On November, the Gestapo took over the largest college in Prague, Masaryk College, the Old Colony at Letná, the New Colony in Dejvice, Hradčany and Švehl College. Probably the most dramatic situation occurred in the Dejvice Masaryk Dorm, where Schupo members used machine guns for shooting in windows and windows (almost unknown is a violent conflict between the units occupying the building and those staying here). All 1,850 arrested students were concentrated in the Ruzyn barracks. In November 1939, nine representatives of the National Union of the Czech Studenthood were executed without a trial at the Ruzyn Barracks for warning. (401) Those who had not reached the age of 20 were released, as well as foreigners, Slovaks, Yugoslavians, Bulgarians, and Czechs were members of the Flag. On November 1939, with arrested colleagues from Brno and students of the Mining College from Příbram, they were taken to the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp. This led to 1,264 Czech students behind barbed wire. The vast majority of them remained here until their release, but several dozen were transported to Mauthausen, Flossenbürg, Dachau and Auschwitz. The stay in the concentration camp did not survive fifteen students; the other nine died from imprisonment after their return. (402) The Czech universities were closed for three years; in fact, at