English Translation

The Reichsminister des Inneren Berlin u.Prague, 3 April 1941. I d 204 XX/40 5626 g to The Reich Protector in Bühmen and Moravia It is requested to indicate the business premises and the subject matter in further letters. the supervisory authorities of the registrars and the Oberlandrats in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Messaged to the Supreme Reich authorities, the state governments and the health offices. Subject: Marriages of German state members with protectorate members. (1) According to the Third Ordinance implementing and supplementing the Marriage Act of 29 October 1940 - RGBl.1 p.1488 - in conjunction with the decree of the Minister of Justice of the Reich to the Presidents of the Überlandengericht, on the implementation of the Third Order implementing and complementing the Marriage Law of 1 April 1941 (published in RmBliv. 1941 No.15) require certificates of marital status of the autonomous authorities of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which are submitted to the German civil servant for the purpose of marrying German nationals with protectorates, the confirmation by the higher administrative authority, in the protectorate of Böhmen and Moravia by the Oberlandraten. In the same way, German civil servants may issue marriage certificates to female German nationals for marriage with protectorate members only with the approval of the competent higher administrative authority.