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9/ The Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia 3 117/40 XIV No. E III- Sch 1/8 T Copy. 2.a.d To the Ministry of Education and Folk Culture /y/g.40. in__P_r_a_g Betr.: Certificates of maturity for pupils of the 8th grade (at real schools of the 7th grade). In the case of the German higher schools and the final class of German trade academies and teacher training institutions of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, My decrees of 14 Sept. 1939 No XIV E III - A 1, 2 Nov. 1939 no XIV E II A 1, 16 Dec DNo XIV E IV Sch 4- 101/39, 19 Jan. 1940 No XIVE III-A 1-11o/40 and 12 Feb.194o No XIV e III -A 1- 117/40. According to the information sheet for the army's subsequent officer growth, the registration period for the next entry into the Wehrmacht for "students who are transferred to the 8th class in the spring of 194o" has been running since 1 November 1939. Assuming that the transfer to the German school of the Redktorat will take place on the Easter date Tg4o, I am told that a number of pupils have already registered for voluntary entry into the Wehrmacht since 1 November 1939. From the extension of the school year to the Somme rferien 194o, such pupils should not suffer any disadvantage. I therefore ask you to authorize the directors of the above-mentioned German schools of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to transfer pupils who, at Easter due to an overall assessment of their achievements and their character, would have been placed in the final classes, upon presentation of a conscription order of the Wehrmacht, to the final class and to give them, in the sense of my enacted decrees, the certificate of maturity of the school concerned. I will send a copy with the request for information. On behalf: Distributor, e.g. v. Burgsdorff Certified: Mala To Division I and II to all groups including group Moravian employees. Mr Oberlandraten' in Bohemia and Moravia to the office of Mr Reichsprotektor to the secretary of state office of the Under-Secretary of State to the commander of the security police to the officer of the police order to the Wehrmacht authorised representative to the President of the Supreme Court \ D 3