English Translation

4a - 58 — At the request of the Reichsführer 3, Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, the deputy of the leader on the treatment of Poland capable of German-speaking has sent the following decree to the Hauptamt für Volkswohlfahrt der NSDAP. — Reichsleitung — National Socialist German Workers' Party The deputy of Führer Stab München, August 15, 1940 Braune Haus. IIE—RO/Kn.—1105/161. To the Hauptamt für Volkswohlfahrt der NSDAP. — Reichsleitung — Berlin SO36 Maybachufer 48-51. Jhr Letter of 2.8.40 — Hck/Mü. 12841. Einfay von ein= Die in der Ordnung des Reichsführers 4, Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschungs= Volkstums 17/II vom 9. Mai d. Js. und Ausführungsstimmung vom 3. Juli d. Ys. Poland, which was mentioned in Poland, occupies a special position among the other groups of foreign people within the German Reich. After a certain period of time, it should be decided whether these families, which represent a racial selection, can be Germanized without hesitation. Therefore, there are no concerns, members of this group of Poles in the care care of the NSB. I should like to stress that only this category of foreign workers can benefit from these advantages. I would ask you to instruct Jhre subordinate departments accordingly and to ensure that this supervision is not extended beyond the framework just mentioned. In addition, the above-mentioned order of the Reichsführer 43, which gives sufficient information on the questions, is printed in the Reich's order sheet of 26 July of Js. No. 18/40 under announcement B 48/40, so that, if these guidelines are followed closely, wrong decisions are almost impossible. Hoffmann In addition, a large number of other measures have been taken to facilitate the re-Germanization of these Polish families by all means possible. The reason for all these measures is that these "Poland" should not be treated and cared for as Poles, but as basically German people, all the more so as we want to recognize and stand by German blood in every respect. In the practical implementation of all the measures taken in this context, a close cooperation with the Nasse and Settlement Main Office and its external offices is clearly necessary for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the process of Germanisation, with the Reichsicherheitshauptamt and the Inspectors of the Security Police and the SD, as regards the political and police review and surveillance and, above all, with those of the High Authority and the services of the Party. In order to avoid terminological and other causes, it should also be stressed here that this is neither an assimilation nor a Germaniation, but a recovery of German blood from lost causes.