English Translation

Berlin, 4• April 1942 The head of the security police 0V and SD IV A 2 - B.No. 2142/42 g. - To the subordinate departments of the Security Police and SD (according to distributionsBiB) of the S aa'sseh etüs belap Feidispiotglts N .chrichtlich in Bohmen und rlaheen an - 9. APR. 1942 the main office of the regulatory police, the higher H and police leaders including Riga, Mogilev. Kriwoj-Rog and Rowno, the Offices I to III and V to VII, the Groups and Unites of Offices IV and V, the Administration Office IV (2 copies), Subject: Checking of bags and consignments placed in the hand luggage storage centres and the travel and express goods handling of the Reichsbahn. Reference: Without. Annexes: l. Copy. As an annex, I am sending a circular from the Deutsche Reichsbahn (railway division of the Reichsverkehrsministerium) dated 10.3•42 for information. 0/4.42 The instructions contained in this circular have been issued by the Reich Railway at the suggestion of the RSHA, since the latter is the case. Roll-up of Polish sabotage organisations has shown on several occasions that the delivery of bags, which are seen with explosive and explosive packages coming out by time ignition, is a frequently used sabotaging method which is quite safe for the perpetrator. During the reconnaissance of the two attempted explosive attacks carried out in Berlin on 5.2.1942 at the luggage storage facilities of 3 Berlin stations, it was found that the as=21 2h