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"2. The farm workers of Polish
nationality may no longer leave the localities in which they are
employed, and have a curfew from 1 October to 31 March from 2000 hours
to 0600 hours and from 1 April to 30 September from 2100 hours to 0500
hours.
"3. The use of bicycles is strictly prohibited. Exceptions are
possible for riding to the place of work in the field if a relative of
the employer or the employer himself is present.
"4. The visit to churches, regardless of faith, is strictly
prohibited, even when there is no service in progress. Individual
spiritual care by clergymen outside of the church is permitted.
"5. Visits to theaters, motion pictures, or other cultural
entertainment are strictly prohibited for farm workers of Polish
nationality.
"6. The visit to restaurants is strictly prohibited to farm
workers of Polish nationality, except for one restaurant in the
village, which will be selected by the Regional Commissioner's Office"
Landratsamt " and then only 1 day per week. The day
which is allowed for visiting the restaurant will also be determined
by the Landratsamt. This regulation does not change the curfew
regulation mentioned above under '2'.
"7. Sexual intercourse with women and girls is strictly
prohibited; and wherever it is discovered, it must be reported.
"8. Gatherings of farm workers of Polish nationality after work
is prohibited, whether it is on other farms, in the stables, or in the
living quarters of the Poles.
"9. The use of railroads, buses, or other public conveyances by
farm workers of Polish nationality is prohibited.
"10. Permits to leave the village may be granted only in very
exceptional cases by the local police authority (mayor's office).
However, in no case may it be granted if a Pole wishes to visit a
public agency on his own authority, whether it is a labor office or
the District Peasants Association, or if he wants to change his place
of employment.
"11. Unauthorized change of employment is strictly prohibited.
The farm workers of Polish nationality have to work daily as long as
it is to the interests of the enterprise and is demanded by the
employer. There are no limits to the working hours.
"12. Every employer has the right to give corporal punishment to
farm workers of Polish nationality if persuasion and reprimand fail.
The employer may not be held accountable in any such case by an
official agency.