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| to members of the German race; they only differ insofar as the term "deutscher Volkszugehoeriger" comprises German as well as foreign citizens, whereas Volksdeutsche are only members of the German race of foreign citizenship. (2) All who call themselves members of the German race are "deutsche Volkszugehoerige" as long as this claim is confirmed by certain facts such as language, education, culture, etc. Persons of alien races, especially Jews, can never be deutsche Volkszugehoerige, even though they may have hitherto described themselves as such. | |
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| The Reich Minister of
Labor Ia No. 14193/39 |
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| Berlin, 13 December 1939 | |
| Information copy All offices of the Reich Ministry of Labor are to be informed of the above decree. By order |
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| BOERGER [Chief of a department in Reich Ministry of Labor] |
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| 3.
RE-GERMANIZATION PROCEDURE (WED) (SLAVE LABOR COUNT) |
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| a. Selections from the Evidence of the Prosecution | |
| PARTIAL
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-5148 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 138 |
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| EXTRACT FROM "ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER";¹ HIMMLER DECREE 17/11, 9 MAY 1940, CONCERNING POLISH NATIONALS ELIGIBLE FOR GERMANIZATION, AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS | |
| D. Re-Germanization of lost German Blood | |
| 1. Utilization of Poles eligible for Germanization. The removal of persons of alien race from the annexed Eastern territories is one of the most important aims to be achieved in the German East.² This is the cardinal national-political task which | |
¹ Official Publication of the Staff Main Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germanism.
² No reference is to be made here to the problems of economy and utilization of labor in connection with it. [Footnote in original.]
