English Translation

Copy to Rk. 413 C < Decree of the Führer on the comprehensive use of men and womened for tasks of the Reichsdefense.ns of 13 January 1943. The total war presents us with tasks which must be immediately queried in the interest of a victorious peace as soon as possible. Their solution is of war- deciding importance. To take all appropriate measures, it is the place of the hour. The need for strength for tasks of the Reich's defense makes it necessary to capture all men and women whose labor power is not or is not fully utilized for these purposes and to use their capacity accordingly. The aim is to free the men capable of fighting for the front. To this end, an exchange must be made in such a way that the Wehrmacht and the armaments industry can be replaced by other forces which are already in use in the rest of the world or which are not yet in use. The chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht must order that all Uk. positions should be re-examined and, in all cases, superseded, in which this is possible without jeopardising the other war-important uprisings. II. All departments of the State and the Party have to participate in their field in order to achieve the stated goal. As far as the Reichsmerschall as commander-in-chief of the airweapon or ale commissioner for the four-year plan does not give general orders within its assignment areas, which regulate the comprehensive use of men and women for Aufgaken of the Reich-defense, the Supreme Reich authorities and according to their Rioht lines for their districts must take all necessary measures, and to enable the use of women and men, whose labor power for the warfare, the war economy, the securing of the vital needs or for other encroachments of the realm defense ./.