STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2768, sig. 109-16/3

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21015 to the Reichs-kriminalpolizeiamt - Reichszentrale zur gebührung des Zigeu nerunwesen (Reichszentral for the fight against gypsy nerunism) and to carry out the personal identification procedure in accordance with the provisions in force for this purpose. If this is a particularly difficult case of identification of persons — in principle in the case of inquiries abroad — all existing material must be submitted to the Reichskriminalpolizeiamt. If necessary, police preventive detention for the purpose of identification should be imposed (cf. RdErl. d. RF uChdDt-Pol. v. 8. 12. 1938 - RMBliV. p. 2105 - A I 1 (2) and RdArl.d. RuPrMdI. v. 14. 12. 1937 concerning the prevention of crime by the police — not published — A II 1f). 4. The Reichskriminalpolizeiamt validly decides on the result of each personal identification procedure; i.e. the RKPA. the same applies to the determination of nationality. In particularly difficult cases the Reichscriminal police office should. - The Reichszentrale for the fight against the gypsy running also carry out the personal identification procedure itself. III. Racial biological examination. The conduct of the persons to be carried out on gypsies, gypsum minglings and activity according to gypomaniac manner. It establishes the race affiliation after obtaining a well-respected exclusion from the racial hygiene and population biologic research centre of the Reichsgesundheitsamt. The co-workers of this office must be provided with all desired information, as well as police protection and assistance in carrying out their duties. Attestation. The certificate provided for in section A I 3 (3) of the RdErl. shall be issued by the Imperial Criminal Police Office in accordance with model A-C S.2547. d. RKPA. The document shall be accompanied by a permanent, unbreakable paper for pure-bred gypsies in brown colour (p.2547 A), supplemented in 1941.