English Translation

2a - 2 - which are hitherto not or only physically represented in the üst, in the interest of the undisturbed cultural and economic life course should be prevented. Because of this emphasized administrative character of the regulations, these are not suitable for detailed journalistic evaluation, because what is important, namely the extensive tolerance of the German Reich towards all somehow believing people by maintaining the various religious organizations, as already noted, is not particularly mentioned as a natural precondition in the regulations. This tolerance of course also applies to the Mohammedan population in the occupied eastern regions. Another purpose of the regulations is to see that, if the religious freedom of conscience is fully safeguarded, it prevents the emergence of politically oriented religious societies and, above all, to eliminate the political influence of the Russian Orthodox Church as the bearer of the Great Russian-imperialist thought in the occupied territories. On the other hand, the autocephalous churches existing in the eastern regions, especially the Ukrainian autocephaly church, which stands in the emphasized contrast to the Orthodox church of Moscow, can count on German promotion. It should also be noted that the regulations maintain the principle that peoples are entrusted in their religious activities only by persons belonging to their own peoples. To sum up, this new measure by the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories has laid another essential foundation for the future development in the East. The new agricultural order and the craft order ensure the free development of the personality in the most important areas of economic activity for the East, with the restoration of private economic forms instead of compulsory collectivist organizations. The country's own administration in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania gives the local peoples the right to be administered by members of the family 11049 anltre - 3 -