English Translation

th Copy Berlin, February 12, 1941 The Minister of the Interior II SB 6148/40 6101 Confidential! To the imperial governors, / the state governments -without Prussia-, the Reichskommissar für die Saarpfalz, hi/ the executive directors of the immediately after-arranged 3 Reichs- and Prussian authorities, the chief presidents, the upper presidents (administrative of the provincial and district associations), the city president of the imperial capital Berlin, ybrd:beta hem 2y bie.24. the Presidents of the Government, the President of the Preußische Oberverwaltungsgericht, Sledang.e.d, the Police President in Berlin, /.27/4.49, the Chairman of the Prussian Construction and Finance Directorate, the Mayor of the Reichshauptstadt Berlin. Subject: Traffic of officials, employees and workers of the public administration. The general obligation of officials to carry out a dignified service in and out of service is of particular importance in the war. Every official must be expected to remain aware of this obligation and also to exercise special caution and restraint in his exceptional conduct and, in particular, in the selection of the persons with whom he enters into relations. A breach of this duty may constitute a particularly serious service offence=. This is also the case where civil servants have a sexual relationship with people of Polish ethnicity of former Polish nationality. In the presence of this act, therefore, the official concerned must immediately initiate the formal criminal procedure and carry out it with the greatest speed, which, according to the Führer's explicit will, in such cases shall in principle end with the removal from service without rest = money, accordingly.