English Translation

-2-23 I suggested Magnificence Buntru that the Secretary of State must at least question how Reichsminister Rust had come to the assumption that the faculty did not wish Otto to be emeritus. The Rector confirmed that even after his knowledge officialp only letters were sent to Berlin in the sense of emeri- gation. However, in this situation it is in my opinion that this is the case. I would like to ask the President-in-Office of the Council whether he is prepared to accept this amendment. If, for the sake of so-called dear peace, one were to refrain from discussing this point, then one would make the Prague initiative ridiculous in 1942 and, secondly, refrain from investigating whether a secondary policy in the philosophical faculty is really being driven against the wishes of the Reich Protector and the university leadership. Since the rector may be aware of these connections from earlier discussions, I have refrained from pointing out that, for example, Prof.Schwarz leads to a private correspondence with the responsible ministerial officer, who has already given rise to decisions by the ministry or its speakers on several occasions. It is not uninteresting that Mr. Otto and Mr. Schwarz live in the same house. It would be useful to discuss the situation at Karls University if one could clarify these connections perfectly. The discussion of the question of pedagogical teaching and the teaching pulpit also showed full agreement, in particular in the sense that the decan should be asked questions from some peers. The second subject of the conversation was the draft speech that group leaders Frank was supposed to give on the occasion of the opening of the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation. I had sent a draft rector Buntru. This draft was discussed in detail, there were three differences of opinion that were clarified and to a - 3 -