THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1267, sig. 109-4/1021

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AV Appendix to Oiv Az 2 f 24.72h/73 Chief Krie, sgef/Al1 (Ia) No. 273/43 g Berlin, the 28.1.J943 Propaganda under Soviet prisoners of war BAEEEEE Soviet prisoner of war, who tend to the Bolshevik idea, are low to estimate in their labor power, need strongest supervision and are a constant danger in the use in the work (sabotage). Through purposeful propaganda, it must be achieved in the future that the Soviet prisoners of war will be brought to a clear attack on Bolshevism. İhre labor power will increase. The danger of their labor use will be substantially reduced. The surveillance of the prisoners of war is also carried out when a large number of them occupy an anti-Bolshevist position and thus the united front of the prisoner of war in a camp is divided into a working kemmando. J. WPr-commissioned. For the role and direction of the Frepaganda among the Soviet war prisoners in the camps and on the labor kemmandos, suitable German officers of the special leaders in the officer rank are provided as WPr-commissioned officers. They are handled by theKönma danturen from the relatives of the camp Kemmandantur. In operation is at OKw/bPr (AP) Berlin W 35, Viktoriastr. In the case of transfer or transfer of a WPr representative for other duties, a successor shall be appointed in good time. Under no circumstances shall the declaration work be impaired. 2. Frivolous propagandists (helpers). After training in the Ok/WPr training camp Wuhlheide, suitable sovj. prisoners of war, who voluntarily make themselves available for use in the fight against Bolshevism, are continuously assigned to the execution of propaganda. The voluntary propaganda service must first of all take the view that the Bolshevik system is the greatest Ühel, which must be urgently and unconditionally removed. It must continue to work for a renaming with Germany. It has to be a model for all prisoners of war.