English Translation

53 71 In particular, the decree, which also aimed at the introduction of the Umfiedler-Kreis- fürsorgung, which is dealt with below, under II, states as follows: The Reichsführer 4 Reichskommifsar for the consolidation of Berlin, 9 January 1940. German ethnicity "After the return of the Baltic German ethnic group can be regarded as essentially closed, it is necessary to standardise the existing transitional arrangements with regard to the payment of subsidies and advances in a way that meets all requirements. The same need arises for the payment of support and advance payments to members of the South Tyrolean Bolkgruppe, whose relocation to the Reich area began a few months ago, but will extend to a longer Jeitpunkt. The support payments to the settlers coming from Wolhynia, Galicia and the Narew region may be limited temporarily to the allocation of pocket money, since these settlers are initially housed exclusively in collective camps. It must be assumed that the Germans in question have entered the Neichgebiet under the influence of political decisions and here expect a fair and fair treatment in all respects. This aspect must be taken into account insofar as the livelihood of the settlers is ensured and the building up of new existences in the nearness of the possibility is ensured. However, the financial aid intended for this purpose must not lead to the paralysis of the hermit's own creative power and the personal initiative to create new livelihoods, and must therefore be firmly limited upwards. The annexed "Regulations I and II", which enter into force with immediate effect, establishes a system which takes account of both aspects in an appropriate way. It is necessary to distinguish between support payments paid to German and German immigrants who are still in collective care (or who are not in the same situation as German immigrants). In the context of collective care in individual quarters, e.g. in Pomerania (Regulations I, Annex), II. are paid to Reichs- und Volksdeutsche Umsiedler, who have already left the collective care (Regulation II — Circular issued by the Reich Minister IV W I 5/40 of the Jnnern of 9 January 1940 — together with individual regulations (Annex). 7230 Jur Explanatory note to "Regulations II" are attached to the annex "Examples of the Directives on the Circular Care of resettlers". In applying these rules, which are applied to 'Il' at my suggestion by the Minister of Neichs, to the subordinate bodies, I ask embarrassingly to ensure that the greatest care and understanding of the individual's fate is granted in the course of perfederal relations with the Umfiedlers. In any case, it is not to be avoided that the relocation of closed ethnic groups associated with the most difficult problems, the development of residential areas or the placement of work places are subject to some hardships for the individual. But all the more so the fact that these German people became aware of the loss of their ancestral settlement ground to the Great German Empire and decided to return to their common homeland must also be an incentive for all rich German places to do everything possible to make it easier for them to adapt to the new environment and to rebuild an existence. e.g. H. Himmler.«