English Translation

151 their land was not entered by a single Czech student until the fall of the Protectorate. (403) Total was 17. 10 Czech universities closed on November 1939: Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Technical University in Příbram, Czech University of Technology, Brno University of Agriculture, University of Veterinary Medicine, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Some students tried to complete their studies at German universities, but in 1939-41 were not accepted except for the total exception. A small number of students were able to start their studies in Bratislava. (404) In 1942, when the three-year deadline was to pass, Reinhard Heydrich, acting Protector of the Reichs, commented on the problem of Czech universities on 4 February 1942 in his speech to the leading German officials in Prague, among other things, said that the Czech University will not return here...high school, Czech University, does not exist anymore and will not exist. For tactical reasons, we have to look for a reason to end the university. (405) After the assassination of Heydrich, the reopening of universities was out of the question. A certain softening of the impact of the liquidation of Czech universities on the public and, at the same time, as one of the instruments of Germanization of the local space, the establishment of a scholarship for Czech students who were allowed to study at Reich universities should contribute. However, the interest in such a study was small. (406) In this context, it is worth noting that the role of racial criteria and suitability of the chosen person was to play in the selection of Czech students at German universities. The special decree of the Reich Minister for Science, Education and Education was to be given to B. Rust from 1st May 1942 to the possibility of studying Czech students in German universities, among others. he established that Czech students must have a suitable racial origin. The decrees were also reflected in the RSHA memorandum to local security services branches (SD) according to which they are to examine the suitability of Czech candidates for study at German schools of the relevant SS service representing the Reichs Commissioner for the consolidation of the German race. (407) Czech students were to be properly dispersed at German schools in order not to form any groups and to be under constant supervision on a national basis-