English Translation

usbuubebu Gruppe Juftiy Der Reichsführer-i und X Berlin, 21 August 1942. Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior S - V B 2 Nr. 1153 42 in bo6aS Einga14 int8ena An everysday a) the inspectors of the Security Police and SD. b) the commanders of security police and the SD. (c) the commanders of the security police and the SD. (e) the heads of the State Police Departments, (f) the Heads of State Crime Departments; (g) the Operations Command of the Security Police Department and the SD Department in Luxembourg; (h) the Presidents of Government and State Governments. Irresponsibly to the imperial governors, higher μ- and police leaders, inspectors of the police of order Subject: Combating black slaughters. Attachments: - 2 - Because of the general nutritional importance of the black slaughterings, their fight must be carried out with the necessary sharpness and with all police means. With reference to the joint decree of the Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Ministry of Food and Agriculture) and the ministries involved of 21.8.1942 (Appendix 1) which I have received in agreement with me, I therefore order the following: I. For the treatment of black slaughters only the criminal police and the services entrusted with criminal police tasks (gendarmerie, protective police of the municipalities) are responsible.