English Translation

69-13 6 Appendix 2 to 1/40. National Socialist German Workers' Party The deputy of the Führer. Munich 33, February 20, 1940. Chief of Staff. Brauncs House Order — A 20/40 — Subject: Collection of scrap materials. The collection of scrap material is an important part of the four-year plan. In order to ensure a thorough collection of waste materials in the city and the country, it is therefore necessary for more than one person to enter the party. The Reichskommissar für Altmaterialverwertung, who has the right to take all necessary measures for the collection of the waste material not covered by the trade, is responsible for all questions concerning the collection and utilization of waste material. The Reichskommissar is under the responsibility of the Gaubeauftragte für Altmaterialerbestimmung bei den Gauleitungen, the Kreisbeauflegte bei die Kreisleitung und die Ortsgruppenbeaufaufträge bei der Ortgruppenleiten der NSDAP. The task of the representatives is to carry out voluntary collections and shock actions in households and enterprises. Through collections in the schools, it is a matter of the district administration offices, which also receive their instructions from the Reichskommissar. Ilm to ensure a uniform Einsat of the party, therefore, I announce the following guidelines: The existing scrap-insats= to the sovereigns of the NSDAP. As far as there were so far no scrap sites, the old material ceinsassstellen are newly formed. The director takes over the commissioner to be determined by the sovereign. In addition to the leaders of the divisions and affiliated associations, the Einsat= station should include: the local heads of the Reichsluftschussbund, the Technical Emergency Aid, the Reich Kriegerbund, association leaders of associations in the local group area, as well as the obligatory agents of the waste materials industry and a Ver. In any case, the ginsa office is the body responsible for collecting the collected material. In order to take account of the special circumstances in the individual Gauen, the collecting actions are ordered by the Gauleiter after the approval of the Reichskommissar, each of them being arranged by the Gaubeauftragter after approval by the Gauleiter. The Reichskommission für Altmaterialverwertung (Reichskommissar für Altstoffverwerterung) issues the guidelines for the implementation of collective actions. Propaganda measures require approval in each case by the Reichs Kommissar, who works in close agreement with the Reich's propaganda management.