English Translation

II 49 — Old Kingdom or in the General Government. To this end, transport cards bearing the name A (Old Kingdom cases), O (determined for eating in the adjacent eastern regions), S (special cases — foreign tribes or members of dubious ethnicity). The transport of the O-cases from the camps of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the installation or settlement of this resettlement group in the adjacent eastern areas is carried out according to the procedures described several times in the preceding sections. There are still considerable difficulties to overcome when the A-case is accommodated in the Altreich. The housing of the formerly independent peasants, for example, in the Old Reich is extremely problematic because the procurement of land in the old Reich is at present almost out of sight. At the moment, it is considered that these resettlements, which cannot easily be naturally restituted in the former Reich, can be taken out of Reich funds in cash or with a pension. At the moment, housing in the commercial sector is not a question of employment, but of the procurement of living spaces. Two basic letters were drawn from the extensive work required in this context: The Reichsführer Reichskommissar für die Festigung Berlin, 9 November 1940. German Volkstums I/O/23/26.9.40 Dr. B./Bö. To Mr. Reichsarbeitsminister Berlin SW 11 Saarlandsir.96 Among the settlers from Wolhynia-Galicia, who are to be entered in the Old Reich, there are several hundred independent farmers. Since it is not possible to assign these farms in the A-case in the Altreich, they are to be compensated for their left-over loss in other areas, but also in employment. In order to exert pressure on the resettlement, I have made the processing of the claims for compensation dependent on the acceptance of the work offered by the employment offices. He had anticipated that the former self-employed peasants would not be offered any subordinate work, but that, in the course of work, account would be taken of the previous living conditions of the resettlements; part of the larger besiegers would probably also be able to take up other independent activities. Some of the settlers decided to refuse to take up agricultural work, as this activity does not deceive themselves with its pride as a former independent farmer; there is a tendency to take on commercial work. This does not apply, of course, to small- and micro-farmers whose previous life expectancy was not higher than that of the German agricultural worker. I would be grateful if the relevant employment offices were informed soon. As I have already announced, there are Volksdeutsche Lager from the Wolhhnien-Galizien-Aktion in the Landesarbeitsamtsbezirk Brandenburg and in the districts of the employment offices Goslar, Göttingegen, Northeim and Kassel. Jm Aufirag gez. Dr. Fähndrich