English Translation

18 Wehrersatz-Inspektion Prag Prague, 27.12.39. Gruppe IV b Aktz: 49 e Zu:Der Höherer SS=und Polizeiführer bei Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren,Nr.St.S.353/39 of 2o.12.39, Betr: Statement on the reference letter(Attraction of SS= Physicians to military service). As regards the reference letter, I take, as follows, position: l.The beginning of the war has shown that the Öberkonnando of the Wehr= makes, in case of need, to the W.E.I.Prague as a replacement service responsible for the provision of San.=Off.in the Protectorate alone,requires,which are only feasible,without damage to the teaching enterprise at the University of Prague and the medical care of the German If the W.E.I. is in a position to collect all the material from doctors and, taking into account al=ler for the Protectorate, to evaluate vital interests in the medical field in such a way that, if necessary, the German Wehrmacht must use the necessary military and medical equipment to support the troops= capable doctors in a military and paramedic training level. The European Union is committed to the fight against terrorism and the fight for peace in the Middle East. For this purpose, it is absolutely necessary to recruit as large a number of young doctors as possible for basic training, with the aim of promotion to the sub-doctor.After achieving this goal (at the time of the army, i.e. at 8 weeks in the Luftwaffe), the doctors will be returned to their civilian employment. 2.It goes without saying that it is primarily the young doctors of Prague's clinics who are not affected by their convocation, while from the possibility of convening freely practising doctors they were not able to provide medical care for the German population by German doctors and, on the other hand, to meet the legitimate demands of the Med. department at the Reichsprotektor regarding exemption from official doctors, Amtshiffs and Kranken=kenhaus Physicians. 3. There were called: a. To the army 3o doctors, of which l2 had been in service in the national units since the beginning of the war and in the Res.= Hospitals. From this belong# to the "general ss", i.e. a small part, among them one, who was called to his urgent written request=. b.To the Luftwaffe 2l doctors who volunteered, almost all of them already in the early summer; the sign of the sign was sent to me by the Luchtgau physician VIII. A single doctor from a university institute is not free= willing, his convocation took place after prior agreement with the SS=location physician.This is a member of the, allgem.SS."