STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1271, sig. 109-4/1025

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COMMISSARY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GERMAN VOLKSTUMS PRAG 7. V. 1843 EING.. B. Nr The head of the security police Berlin, 30 April 1943 and SD. IV A ] c - 1640/43 To all state police headquarters, commanders of the Sipo.u.d.SD., commander of the sipo.ud.SD, message to RSHA. - IV Gst. (2 copies), IV D, II A (3 copies to the collection of decrees), the higher and police leaders, the inspectors of the Sipo.u.d.SD., the criminal police department, the SD-lead sections. Subject: Disposal of wreaths by prisoners of war at clearly monuments - use of community- own sports grounds by POWs. I. On the laying down of wreaths by prisoners of war on monuments, the High Command of the Wehrmacht issued the following order under the 5.3.43: "The laying of wrenches by the prisoners of wars on monuments will be offered in the future. There are no objections to the laying down of wreaths in chapels or to monuments created by war in the camps or on the prisoner-of-war cemetery on the occasion of the Hero's Memorial Day or on religious holidays." /