English Translation

The Minister of State and Head of Berlin W8, 10 January 1945 of the Presidential Chancellery Voßstraße 4 RP 10818/44 vinistoramt Bet-ifft: Special care of the carriers of the G.:13 JN. 1945 Knight's Cross of War Service = cross and their survivors. The Führer has ordered that the bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Cross of War with swords and without swords or at their demise receive special care for their next survivors, as well as for the Knights= Crossbearer of the Iron Cross. The Ritterkreuzträger itself is eligible for one-off aid in the event of a particular economic emergency, while the survivors of fallen or deceased Rittercreuzräger are to be permitted to maintain their previous life without serious restriction by means of one-time or ongoing donations. In the case of widows and parents, where there are liabilities, one-off allowances may also be granted to cover them or, where income is low, current allowances for the achievement of an adequate standard of living; children will be eligible for one-time allowances, which are intended to make it easier for the mother to train or obtain a tax. Proposals for such permits and the surveys of the personal and economic circumstances of the knight=kreuzräger or of his survivors shall be initiated and carried out by the bodies which submitted the proposals for the award of the Knight's Cross. I would like to inform you of this by asking you to make the necessary statements in your area of business if necessary and to send me your proposals for obtaining the Führer's decision. Theinmur An a) the Supreme Reich Authorities, 907 b) the Party Chancellery. y y St.M. 114-6/45