English Translation

- 3 - a) Confession to the German people. Before the integration of the eastern territories into the German Reich, only those people who represent a desired increase in the population will generally have known about the German population. Thus, the attitude at the time of foreign rule is of decisive importance. On the other hand, a commitment made after the integration of the eastern regions to be a German national can no longer be measured by the only decisive significance for the classification as German, as was the case in the time before the German rule; today this commitment brings advantages, while in the past it had regular disadvantages to the pole. A mere lip service, which someone makes today, can never be regarded as a sufficient basis for the recognition as a people German. b) descent. The descent of German ancestors does not have an exclusive, but essential meaning for the classification as a German. The admission of foreign-born persons into the German community can only be done with caution. If foreign blood were to be mixed with German blood to a greater extent, the people who would be able to speak the German language would no longer be the present German people, but according to its racial composition. It is not to be demanded, however, that all ancestors were German ethnics; however, with only a small German blood impact, a particularly strict racial assessment is necessary. c) Racial aptitude. Persons whose German descent is no longer reliably verifiable can only be included in the German People's List if there are no racial concerns. Racial aptitude is of decisive importance here. The attempt to Germanize racially undesirable elements would already fail because their real Germanization is not possible at all. This applies both to foreign tribes (Poland, etc.)