English Translation

4a The leader of the administration or of the enterprise can determine by order of service for the following members, who, on the occasion of the integration of the Sudeten German territories into the Grossdeutsche Reich, are transferred or still to be taken over, which periods of service are to be counted within the Großdeutsche Reich. However, only one employment relationship in administrations and enterprises which correspond to the public administrations and establishments within the meaning of the ATO. / Amendment of the para.l from January 1, 1939 / T0.v.7.7.1939/. In addition, the manager of the administration or of the company for the members of the German Volkszugehörde, who, on the occasion of the integration of other territories into the Grossdeutsche Reich, are taken over or still to be taken over, can determine by order of service which duty periods are to be spent outside the Great German Reich. However, the term of service here also includes only one employment relationship in administrations and establishments which correspond to public administrations and enterprises within the meaning of the Ato. the time of voluntary long-term service beyond the time specified under a and d c/ the time in military service, d/ the period in military duty in the armed power of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy, in the provisional German-Austrian Wehrmacht /Volkswehr/ and in the Bundesheer of the previous state. Oesterreich e/ the service time at a department which was involved in the kärtner. Defense fights or in the fights at the land take of the Burgenland, f/ the time of fulfilled military duty in the Wehrmacht responsible for the sudetenGerman territories until October l938. The time of voluntary long-term service is not counted / New from 1.1.1939 /T0.7.19499/. g/ the period of compulsory military service completed until return to the Kingdom of the followers referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 1. The period of voluntary long-term service shall not be taken into account. h/ the service in the Gdańsk Self-Protection / SS-Heimwehr /. These periods shall be counted at the latest 3 months after the beginning of employment at an employment post according to paragraph 1. Each period may only be taken into account once. At the time of service under b/ for former working men, duty periods after July 23rd l93l, for former soldiers of the new Wehrmacht duty periods following March 3rd 1933 and for former professional soldiers of both the old and the new army the entire duty period.