English Translation

Copy H. Qu., 27 July 1943 The Reichsminister der Luftwaffe Geheim! General Staff Gen.Qu. 2.Abt. Nr. 12 188/43 geh. (III C 2) Betr.: Referral of the Reichspost personnel for the short term military service in the home flak batteries. The deployment of ton followers members of the Imperial Post for short term armed service in home flacbattrn. is regulated as follows: 1.) All employees in the telecommunications service of the German Reichspost are excluded from the attraction to the homeland flakardillerie. 2.) For the forces employed in the postal service (including the motor vehicle service) there is no general exemption from the appeal to the home flakartillerie . These forces are to be spared as far as possible. The scale of the decision as to how far individual post offices or individual forces can be excluded is primarily the personnel situation in the home Flakartillerie. These exceptions are regulated under the responsibility of the Gauleiter in accordance with the Führer's decree of 2 December 1942 with the relevant Oberpostdirektion. 3.) The members of the German Reichspost who work in the purely administrative service are available for short-term military service in the Home Flakartillerie. 4.) The selection of the forces from the German Reichspost for use in the Home Flakartillerie takes place in accordance with the Führer's decree of 24.12.1942 and the implementing provisions of the head of the Party Chancellery of 29.12.19 42. The provision is made by the Wehrersatz services. The procedure is the same as with the members of the other authorities. I. A. gez. Aldinger. F.d.R.D.A.: Reiffedfe