English Translation

The Head of Division V 2 -251/43- U Prague, 8 February 1943 -9 do 9.143. About the Head of Department V to the State Secretary. Subject : Use of protectorate workers in the rest of the Reich; here : Building battalions of the Örganisation L. In October 1942, 2230 male workers were placed on the orders of the Reichsmarschall of the Great German Empire to use them to eliminate the damage caused to the workers by the organization L /Air damage. The men were put together on the Baumholder troop training ground to form building battalions under the command of the Landesbau troop. They were given a uniform-like outerwear and a work suit. The work battalion /L/ l3 in Mainz now informs that "the members of the protectorate who are obliged to work in the service have expressed the wish to be externally recognizable, to be allowed to wear a cocoard in the colours of the Protectorate on the cap. The building battalion has no reservations about this, but first asks for the Ministry's opinion." I ask for instructions.