English Translation

114a 530 Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1943, part I §4 (1) The Reichswirtschaftsminister takes over the top supervision over the credit institutions. The supervisory or administrative rights due to the subordinate Reich and state authorities are transferred to him according to law or statute. He transfers these supervisory or administrative rights to the subordinate authorities, insofar as they do not have to be exercised by him himself for special reasons. (2) He is responsible for the financing questions of the German economy. §5 The powers of the Reichsmarschall of the Great German Reich as commissioner for the four-year plan remain unaffected. §6 This decree applies to the territory of the Great German Reich, including the integrated eastern territories and the Protectorate. In the Protectorate, too, the Minister for Armor and War Production is responsible for the field of raw materials and production in industry and crafts §7 The legal and administrative regulations required to implement and supplement §§ 2, 3 and 4 are issued to §2 of the Minister of Armor, War Production and the Minister responsible for Reich Economics jointly, to §§ 3 and 4, of the Reich's Minister for Economic Affairs in agreement with the ministers involved in the Reich. Führer-Hauptquartier, September 2, 1943. The leader Adolf Hitler The Reich Minister and head of the Reiehskanzlei Dr. Lammer's decree of the leader on the organization Todt. September 2. 1943. I (1) The organization Todet is an institution for carrying out war-decisive construction tasks of all kinds. (2) The head of organisation Tode is the Reich Minister for Armament and Ammunition. He is directly under me and is only responsible for me. II The operation of the organization Todt can be carried out in the Great German Reich, in the territories attached to him and in the occupied territories. He is ordered by the head of the organisation Todth. III, paragraphs I and II apply to the transport facilities used in the organization todt. IV The implementing provisions on the structure of the organisation Todt are issued by the head of the organization Todst. Führer-Hauptquartier, 2 September 1943. The leader Adolf Hitler The Reich Minister and head of Reich Chancellery Dr. Lammers