THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 376, sig. 110-4222

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45 The Commander of the Prisoners of War Wroclaw, 11.12.44. in the Wehrkreis VİIT Ia. 103. nlsteramt Betr.: Co-monitoring of the Kgf. Arbeitskommandos by the gendarmerie 16. DEZ. 1944 Bez. : CKW., Az. 2 f 24.82 u. Chef Kriegsf. Allg. (VIa) No. 4254/43 v.8.5_43. Anl. : 1 It has been shown as desirable that Kgff. Labour Commands, especially in the countryside, a stronger Bowachung to under the Hit In agreement with the BdE/Chof Kriogsfangenwesen the Höhore commander of the war prisoners in the Wehrkreis ViII angcordnett: 1) The Gendarmeriokreisführer have to carry out_in the context of their service activities usefully the surveillance of the Kgf.- Arbeitskommandos. 2) They are to work from Eofehlshabor Cor order police - woisen, with the units of the commander of war geiangenen engstons responsible for their gebiot to cooperate - and to report cowardly defects to these units directly. 3) Zir issuing instructions to departments of the commandor of the Iriegsgotangens are not accused of Gendarmorie-kreisiührer. 4) Extensive difficulties in the co-arboit local dionstststellen are duroh the gendarmerie circle leaders on their service routes to the Höheron commander dor Kgf.. While soither gonäss paragraph 3 of the reference order the camp commanders support the gen Darmerie for the supervision of the rgfs. on the flat land for all the stables could ask, in donen cine sufficient guard was not carried out, habon now the circular gendarmerie guide and its organs the roach and the duty to overtake all on Arb.Kdos. oingosctzton Kgf. and both on the way to and from the arboite site, on this itself as well as in the accommodation. The Komyanieführer have to establish a connection with the relevant gendarmerie circuit leaders umgohond. The to - permanent departments dor order police are informed by the representatives of the order police in front of the regulation. Copy of the decree of the bailout attached. In Entvurf z.: W o I f f distributor: camp to comp. Nachr.: V.Kdo.VIII - A.O. III Kgf. Höh. / / - u. P. Guide Prague F.d.R.: Bofh. d.Ordnungspol., Wroclaw AOn mU BofH. i.S.P. Broslau oberst. B.ir.m Höhorer Kdour.d Kgf. VIII St $\f-4y{} /}$ 24 Kdr.dkf.VIII: AE., V.O., Goricht, HSFO., II G.C.