STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2119, sig. 109-8/2 (damaged)

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West of the German-Italian demarcation line. The special card "So" is considered as a border crossing and perscnalus in the Reich area and vis-à-vis the German and foreign departments in the mentioned areas of the South-East region. It replaces passports and visas to the foreign border authorities and departments. Special cards "so" are issued for the military services in the country of Bohemia by the transit office at the Wehrmachtbevell- machtigen bein Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia, Prague XIX, place of the Wermacht 5, and for the armed services in Moravia from the transit station at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia, Moravia, Brno, Giskrastrasse 75. (a) Every owner of an ID card "So" has to carry alongside this certificate a paybook or troop ID card. Soldbook of troop identification must only be shown to the German services. (b) The journey can be carried out in Unifçrm cder civilian. (c) Special ID cards "So", can only be requested by a German military department. The application shall include: rank, family and first name, date of birth and birth, period of validity, indication cb for outward, return or repeated journeys, route, destination, purpose of the journey, paybueh or troop identification number, in the case of motor vehicles, the number of the motor vehicle. Travels by Wehrmacht members of the Wehrmascht units in the Protectorate area must be approved by the responsible division commander, a departmental manager similar to him or his representative.