Page "Charles University in Prague" Paragraph 23

In October 1932, after Naegle's death, the Czechs started again a controversy over the insignia.

Ethnic tensions intensified, although some professors of the German University were members of the Czechoslovak government.

Any agreement to use the insignia for both the universities was rejected.

On 21 November 1934, the German University had to hand over the insigniae to the Czechs.

The German University senate sent a delegation to Minister of Education Krčmář to protest the writ.

At noon on 24 November 1934 several thousand students of the Czech University protested before the German university building.

The Czech rector Karel Domin gave a speech to urge the crowd to attack, while the outnumbered German students tried to resist.

Under the threat of violence, on 25 November 1934 rector Otto Grosser ( 1873 – 1951 ) handed over the insigniae.

These troubles of 1934 harmed relationship between the two universities and ethnics.