English Translation

Berlin, May 6, 1942 The Chief of Security Police and SD V C 2 No. 45/42 g III Du:Da Saaksfekretärs Ln Reichspcolektor in Bohm n unb mahren. Eing. 21.MAI1942 To the inspectors of the security police and SD., criminal police headquarters and state police headquarters, commanders of security police in Prague, Krakow, Strasbourg, Metz. Messaged to the Higher Ht- and Folizeiführer, to the Reich Security Main Office (distributor C), U.S. the Main Office of the Order Police. Subject: Identification of arrested fugitives by the security police. The company K n o l 1 A.G., Chemische Fabriken, Ludwigshafen a.Rh., has found a colourless liquid substance, which, brought to the skin, produces a red line on the skin after a few hours. The color lasts about 2 weeks and is not to be removed by solvents or chemical reagents. This invention is to be used on an experimental basis to prevent the flight of arrested criminals, and to facilitate the re-appropriation of fugitives, identified with the means in question. I therefore order that all criminals arrested by the security police services are, as far as they are known as evictors or otherwise a certain suspicion of