English Translation

96 - 21 - require the confidence of the Reich Protector as well as the President of the State of the Führer's trust, as expressly stated in the Fördererreslas. And now let me say a few things by name about the legal position of the Germans in the Protectorate. According to Article 2 of the Führer's Decree, the people of the Protectorate become German citizens of the state and according to the regulations of the Reichsbürgergesetz of 15 Septeaber l935. For this purpose, an executive decree was issued stating that all the former Czechoslovak states of German nationality acquired the German nationality with effect from March 1, 1939, which on October 10, 1938 possessed the right of home in the former Czechoslovakian countries of Bohemia, Währen and Silesia. As a result, not only the German citizens in the Protectorate became German nationals and thus Reichsbürger, but also the Czechoslovak nationals living outside the Protectorates of the German nationalities with their right to their homeland in Bühmen, Moravia and Silesia. For these now German nationals the provisions for the protection of the German blood and the German honor apply. In addition, they are under German jurisdiction. The other inhabitants of the Protectorate have received the special nationality of the protectorate. The political care of the Germans has according to detailed order of the leader of the 2l. The party does not take any influence on the protectorates. It also does not deal directly with the protectorate authorities. If the party has any wishes concerning the protectors' administration, it shall apply the following: