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NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNAL
Volume IV · Page 1114

Subject: Marriage of Polish protectees

Here: Restriction by fixing a minimum marriage age.

Distribution: List III The Decree of the Reich Ministry of the Interior, dated 5 April 1943, made known by distribution III Ra 2/43, dated 15 May 1943, has in the meantime been altered by Decree I Sta R 5545 IV/434028, dated 10 January 1944. At present, the decree reads as follows

"On the strength of Art. 11 of the First Ordinance Concerning the Status of Protectees dated 25 April 1943 (Reich Law Gazette, part I, page 271) and in agreement with the chief of the Party Chancellery and at the same time in my capacity as Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germanism, applying Art. 8, paragraph 3 of the First Ordinance concerning the Status of Protectees, I order the following, effective immediately A male Polish protectee may not conclude a marriage before he has completed his 28th year, a female Polish protectee may not conclude a marriage before she has completed her 25th year."
[Signed] DR. FAUST

It is requested that cognizance be taken of these facts and that corresponding action be taken when dealing with applications for permission [for marriages] of Polish protectees. This decree applies only to Polish nationals. Furthermore, it is to be noted that this decree concerns only Polish protectees and is not to be applied to stateless persons of Polish extraction. The Chief of the Racial Office of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office acting for:

[Signed] KLINGER SS Lieutenant Colonel

Certified copy [Signature] GUERSCHNER SS Captain



	TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-3593 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 537

CIRCULAR, SIGNED BY KLINGER, 22 SEPTEMBER 1944, EXPLAINING DECREE OF THE REICH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (NO-3592, PROS. EX. 535)

[handwritten] protectees

The Chief of the Racial Office of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office RA C/2 — d Ha/Ri. 78/44.

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