English Translation

6 Copy Der Reichsminister und Chef Berlin W 8, 17.January 1943 der Reichskanzlei Voßstraße 6 .Olb Rk. 655 C - 1 OT z.Zt.Feldqusrtier An * 0 Df die Oberste Reichsverzeichnis 0S AT die Herren Reichsdefensekommissare ob S Subject: Einsatz von Menn und Frauen für Aufgaben + der ReichsDefense Following my circular dated 15. January 1943 Rk 413 C - - terod : C + muited mk 9.9 In order to explain and implement the decree of the leader TR0 on the extensive use of men and women for attacks of the Reich defence of 13 January 1943, I note the following for the area of civil administration in agreement with the head of the Party Chancellery and the chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht: I. The aim of the measures ordered by the Führer is to use the younger fully qualified men on the front, the older and less war-usable for war tasks behind the front and in the home country and to place every man and woman in the place where they find the most appropriate use according to ability and knowledge. The task of the Supreme Reich Authorities and - according to their directives - of the Reich Defence Commissioners is to immediately take all measures that the greatest possible exemption from At the same time, the Supreme Reich authorities are to establish principles in order to obtain from the administration those skilled workers who are indispensable for the implementation of their war-related abandonment. The Supreme Reich Authorities must give the Reichsdefense Commission dic the necessary guidelines and provide the subordinated departments of their business area with the necessary fees. /