English Translation

Betr.: Grant of leave to the Reich staff directly supervised by the Central and Personnel Administration. /1/ For reasons of administrative simplification, I transfer the authority to grant leave to the Reich authorities and to the autonomous service - the Reichsbedicnsteten, as far as they are supervised by the Central and Personnel Administration, to the heads of the authorities and - if they are not Germans - to their German representatives. I transfer the granting of leave to the richly-staffed heads of autonomous authorities and the office heads of the Reichsauftragsverwaltung to those authorities pre-legislators--as far as they are not Germans, their German representatives / e.g. District head and head of the RAy state vice-president, head of employment offices - Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour /. I reserve the right to grant leave to the Higher Regional Councils - inspectors. The German officials responsible for the issue of the holiday are authorized to grant up to three days' front leave on special occasion/marriage,death case. I reserve the right to leave for the restoration of health / on the basis of medical certificates. I / Central and personnel administration/ must report the authorization of the service exemption immediately. /2/ The recreational leave of the Reich staff for the holiday year l943 is regulated by the order of the Imperial Minister of the Interior of 2.3.1943 RGBl.I 1943 p.122 for the territory of the Great German Reich as follows: a. Retirement leave is granted only if, in the opinion of the head of the authority, there is a need for leave and the business situation of the war-important.Works permits leave. b,Retireement leave is in principle the highest :3 l4 working days; for civil servants and employees born before I.Aprii l894, it is basically 20 working days. c. A transfer of leave leftovers from the holiday year 1942 beyond 31 March 1943 does not take place. d. A settlement of unreceived holiday 52738 takes place in no case. e. The start of the holiday is to be fixed during the period from 1 May to 30 September in principle on the weekdays Tuesday to Friday, unless nine travel is not intended or ensured that the start of this trip does not take place from Saturday to Monday.