English Translation

119a 222 Der Reichsführer und Chef der Deutschen Polizei Berlin, 16 December 1939. in the Neichsministerium des Jnnern Der Reichkommisfar für die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums S I V 1 Rr. 844 III/39 — 151 — Sdb. P. Eilrunderleicht An Verfahren beim Beschaffung von Kunstgemögen, Archiven, Dokumenten, Sammlungen etc. I. The Main Trustee Office of East Germany issued the following order of confiscation of 1 December 1939: I. Jm Jnterefse of the consolidation of German folkdom and of the Reichsdefense are all objects referred to in paragraph II of this order of seizure, which are contained in the items referred to by decree of the Führer and Reichskanzler of the 12th century. In October 1939, part of the empire was occupied territories, just as those in the General Gouvernement for the occupied Polish territories in favor of the German Empire took over the addition of the Reichskommissar for the consolidation of German folklore, as far as they do not belong to Neichsdeutsche or Volks-deutsche or Reichsdeutsche to more than 75 %. In particular, all items listed in point II, which are in archives, museums, public collections, and private Polish and Jewish hands, are confiscated and a German Jnteresse exists in order to ensure and treat them properly. II. 1. Historical and prehistoric objects, documents, books, documents that are important for the treatment of cultural and public life, in particular for the question of the German part in the historical, cultural and economic construction of the country, as well as documents that have importance for contemporary history; 2. art or culturally valuable objects, such as paintings, sculptors' works, furniture, carpets, crystals, books, etc.; 3. furnishing and ornaments made of precious metals. III. At the same time, the presiding administration of the confiscated objects is ordered and an officer of the President of the Research and Teaching Society »Das Ancestor erbe e. V.", Berlin-Dahlem, Pücklerstraße 16, empowers the Trustee General to appoint trustees and sub-authorities on his own initiative and to take all measures necessary to ensure and preserve the confiscated items. IV. Insofar as objects were confiscated by authorities and organs of the Reichsführer 2 and chiefs of the German police and the Reich Commissioner for the consolidation of German ethnicity before the decree of this seizure, these seizures are hereby confirmed. They are deemed to be in favor of the Deutsche Reich at the disposal of the Imperial Commissioner for strengthening German ethnicism.