English Translation

Excerpt Cus of the Round Subsidiaries No. 359/44 of 24.10.44 of the Head of the Party Chancellery, 53 SELO bRegards: Inspection for the Duroh conduct of civil air-war measures in the Gau. vn I1 In agreement with the chairman of the Interministerial Air War Committee, Reichsminister Dr. Goebbels, I order : 1.) The inspection on behalf of the Gauleiter and Reichsdefensekornissar checks the Etand of the civilian air raids in the gau. It is their task to inform the local authorities in their preparatory measures and to arrange for extraterritorial assistance. 2.) The management of the inspection is to be entrusted to a political director (Stellev. Gauleiter, Gauhauptantleiter and Kreisleiter) who is in charge of air protection and air war. (c) the head of the public health department (for the hospital sector) (d) the public transport officer (NBv) (e.g. (e) a representative of the NSK, (f) a member of the Air Geukommando, (g) the commander of the order police, (h) the person affected by the building, (i) the officer responsible for the peuerius at the Bdo, or an experienced commander of fire protection devices, (k) the Qaunachrichtenreferent, (l) the representative of LWá, (m) the leader of the RLB group. afl At Verhinderuog a member of the inspection should take part in the inspections by a qualified representative. 2