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ght Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Berlin, 23 November 1939. Az. 29 k No. 2540/39 W A1lg (IIa) Subject: Obituaries, mourning parades and wreath donations for the duration of the special mission. I. Obituations for fallen and deceased Wehrmascht members (soldiers and civil servants, soldiers and beante d.B. It is not possible to publish any of the services and troop parts for the duration of the special operation, even if private funds are available for this purpose. Exceptions are only possible if the Führer orders a state funeral. II. The presentation of funeral parades according to HDv. 131, M.Dv. Nr. 581, L.D v. 13l does not apply for the duration of the special operation, unless a state authority is ordered. However, the site's elders have to ensure that, for the burial of the fallen or wounded or due to an accident in service, the dead coffin, wreath and chauffeur bearers, the Reichskriegsflagge to cover the coffin, as well as a corresponding assignment, a music (trumpeter) corps are also provided as far as possible, and the ab, of 3 salves is carried out by at least one group. It should be borne in mind that, depending on the family's wishes, such a military intervention is carried out only once, either at the transfer or at the time of burial; such participation is not yet considered to have been taken into account for transfers from the field released after the completion of the special operation. The site's elders will be required to return uniformly to the military escorts of the three Wehrmacht parts in their area of command for the presentation of the above. For locations without military occupation and for places of absence, military participation, apart from the approximately sending of superiors or representatives of the troop section according to HDv. 13l, MDv Nr. 58l, L Dv 131 (site service regulation draft, reprint 1939 - will be distributed in the next days) No. 367, may not succeed. The NSDAP. (for its members, en and