English Translation

The Reichsführer- Borlin, 10 May 1943 and head of the German Polizer S - IV A 1 c - B.Nr. 433/43 Büto des Staa sjekeetärs O.- Kdo. I. O No. 90/43. at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia. Eing.= 15.MA11943 To all state police headquarters commanders of the Sipo.u.d.SD.)with the exception of commanders in the Siposu.de.SD of the occupied East territories. Message J to the Main Office Order Police J to higher J and police leaders to inspectors of the Sipo, including SD, O.P. commanders to Crimean police headquarters. Subject: Police's participation in the surveillance of prisoners of war in the country. Reference: Without. The development of the labour force and the increasing lack of guards and auxiliary guards, in particular in the use of prisoners of war in the countryside, have led to the fact that, in the partly widely dispersed situation, 5.43 of the service stations, the prisoner of war can often only be inadequately supervised by the security guards and guards. This applies above all to cases in which, in view of the wide exploding of the death of the Arb. Kdos. cine, individual submission of war prisoners to the subordinates had to be granted. However, intensified supervision of the prisoners of war is necessary for the maintenance of the discipline, increase in the performance of labour and the prevention of flight. The High Command of the Wehrmacht with St.SπF-1h/43