English Translation

Nichsminister des Jnnern Berlin, 22 June 1939. NW 40, Königsplay 6. e5363/39 5000 e Telex: Abtig. Z, I, II, V, VII: 11 00 27 It is requested that this conscription and the III, IV, VI (Unter den Linden 72): 12 00 34 include subject matter in further letters. Messaged to the Supreme Reich authorities by print. Abdr. i. RMBliV. Abscn. 1 German ethnicity. BEEEEEEEESSSEEEESEEEEEEE RaErl. d. RMaI. v. 6.1939 -I e 5363/39- 5000 e-. (1) The possession of German nationality is largely dependent on the determination of German ethnic affiliation. As a result, outside the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the authorities appointed to issue citizenship certificates and home documents (cf. RdErl. v. 15.4.1939- RMBliv. p.888) are hereby also declared responsible for the pestilence of the German ethnicity.Insofar as the RdArl. of 31 March 1939- RMBLIV. p.686- is opposed to this, it is repealed. (2) If a person takes on the basis of the German-Czecho-Slovak nationality and option mandate of 20 November 1938- RGBl. II p.895 or, the Ordinance on the acquisition of German nationality by former Czechoslovak nationals of German ethnicity of 20 April 1939- RGBL. I, p.815- the German nationality, and if the German ethnicity appears doubtful, the competent district leader of the party must be involved in the clarification. If, in connection with the political upheavals, the applicant had moved his former place of residence in the Sudeten-German territories or the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to a place outside these territories, the competent authority of the present seat of the Zohn is responsible for issuing nationality certificates and home documents.