STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1825, sig. 109-5/53

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- 22 - 28.) Criminal assessment of the leavers of work. Soldiers who have been brought to the home country by dor Troupe as military workers receive instructions on their behaviour during the holiday, in particular on the start of work and on the fact that they have to comply with the regulations of the employment office. If the leaver does not follow this procedure by either not entering his work or leaving his job illegally, he makes himself liable for military disobedience according to § 92 MStGB. The danger assumed in this provision for the security of the empire will be given regularly with regard to the war-prone and the critical importance of the correct work in the home country, besides the penal provisions to prevent the breach of the contract are applied. Corresponding orders have been issued by the Reichsverträhänder der Arbeit in all economic organizations with almost identical wording and are soon to be accompanied by a central order which applies uniformly to the entire Reichsgebiet. The Ministry of Labour will ensure that the employees of the work or their defendants point to the relevant provisions as well as to the service obligation of the accused in their notices against service-related holidaymakers or otherwise a criminal application pursuant to § 11 of the Job Change Act of 1.9.1939 or according to § 2 d.r. These penalties will meet regularly with military Ungchorsam (section 92 of the MStGB) in a uniform manner. Also, the Rstungsurlaüber can be guilty of an unauthorized removal, especially if he simultaneously withdraws from the access of his troops by leaving his place of vacation without permission. The place of employment of the leaver is not necessarily the same as that of the force or department in § 64 of the MStGB, an unenlightened distance during the leave of work is therefore only carried out under the same conditions as during an ordinary leave of absence. The essence of the unlawful distance consists of 2-a -ch without permission the sphere of power of its -23-