English Translation

118 219 The Reichsführer Neichskommissar für die Festigung Berlin, January 2, 1940. German Volkstums Ordnung 12/ll 1. On the basis of the Erlafs des Führers und Reichskanzlers for the consolidation of German folklore of October 7, 1939, I commission the research and teaching community "Das Annenerbe e. V.« with the implementation of the following tasks: a) recording and processing of the entire material and intellectual cultural property of all German peoples to be settled, b) taking up and processing all pre- and pre-historic as well as folk-scientific questions in the new Osi regions. 2. The execution of these tasks must be carried out in accordance with the instructions given by the head of my department, 1⁄2-Brigade führer Greifelt, who will also provide the Ancestor's Heritage Foundation with the necessary resources for these tasks. gez.H. Himmler The Reichsminister für Wisfenschaft, Erziehung Berlin, April 10, 1940. and Volksbildung WJ 910 At the credit of semesters abroad repatriated students of the People's German I think it is necessary that, when the above-mentioned students from the Baltic countries and the formerly Polish territories are credited to the number of semester's pre-scribed according to the examination regulations, largely benevolent. In special cases, my decision must be sought. 5 prints. On behalf of Menßel