English Translation

Reichssicherheitshauptant Berlin, l. Juni 1942 II A_2.-.Nr.298/42 -176- Copy! Büco ba netärs An botlee pon de den Reichsarbeitsführer im Im Vek y luhen. Reichsministerium des Inneren Eing: -8 JNI 1942 Berlin-Grunewald Schinkelstrasse l-7 Message to the Minister of Justice 2 du Berlin Subject: Police and Reichs Arbeitsdienst. % 9 Procedure: Letter dated 26.3.42-No. G.u.R. 406 III/7150/42-. - From the correspondence sent by the Reichskriminalpolizei Office, I understand that in practice there are misconceptions about the competence of the local authorities of the security police (Kripo and Stapo) and the Reich employment service to prosecute criminal acts of members of the labour service. I therefore consider the following clarification to be appropriate and would be grateful if the departments subordinated there were informed accordingly. l5l3) the Reichsarbeitsdienst has been authorized to punish, to a limited extent, offences committed by members of the Reicher Arbeitsdienst in the criminal service. This authorization is limited in principle to transgressions. In the event of offences, an execution in criminal service proceedings is permitted only if the Oberstaatanwalt has made a corresponding decision. A primary responsibility of the services of the Reig employment service for the prosecution of offences does not lie with dennac. Rather, a punishment of an offence by the departments of the Reichsarbeitsdienst comes only in Betra when the ordinary law enforcement authority has renounced the execution of criminal proceedings and has agreed to disciplinary prosecution. As a result, the security police in h/P-A