English Translation

40 63 — Jm Heereverordnungsblatt, Part C, Bl. 30 of November 5, 1940 (similarly in the regulations of the other Oberkommandos) is included for this purpose: From the troop repeatedly requests to the high command of the Wehrmacht settlement by reason of consideration during the settlement in the new Reichsgebieten. To answer Wehrmacht= members in these individual questions is hereby announced. the new 1. The Reichsführer 3, Reichs- Reichsgebieten Kommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, Heinrich Himmler, has published in the Reichsverwaltungsblatt 1940 p. 262 expressed itself as follows: "Even if the Einsat of the returned Germans from the Baltic States and the former East Polish regions have already been partially carried out and will come to an end this summer, according to the will of the Führer, the settlement of German peasants from the Old Kingdom will only be started after the end of the war, so that especially the Germans on the front today can take part in the construction of the eastern regions. The German East demands the entrance of the best fighters. In its re-design, the front bat of the war of that day should and will therefore in particular also be widowed and carried along.« 2. So far only people Germans from the country and the repatriates who have been resettled at the command of the Führer are admitted to firm terms, both agriculturally and commercially. 3. Of the commercial enterprises (crafts, trade, Jndustrie and free calls, as well as housing plots) candidates from the Old Reich are assigned for the seizing of Volfsdeutscher and for economic reasons already before the end of the war 10 ° of the existing commercial enterprises, which are selected primarily from the circles of the Wehrmacht members coming to the rescue. Other applicants will only be taken into account after the end of the war in accordance with the existing guidelines. Application forms on industrial subject must be obtained from the Wehrmachtfürforge officers and submitted via them. 4. Further preparations are under way for the fulfilment of requests for assistance for all eligible members of the Wehrmacht, both in agricultural and commercial areas. The questionnaires with the settlement conditions will be sent to the troop and to the WeHR welfare officers after completion. 5. In addition to the general care measures, the Wehrmacht will assign considerable own forces to secure the future of its soldiers, so that the participants in the war will be given due consideration. O K. W., 18. 10. 40 1 k 20 AWA/W Allg (III). 4405 The above decree must be brought to the attention of the troops and made the subject of re-acquired instruction. D. K H. (Ch H Rüst u. BdE), 25. 10. 40 B 63 a 10 AHA/Ag/H (VI). 21142/40