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| B. Contemporaneous Documents | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT BURKART 606 BURKART DEFENSE EXHIBIT 3 |
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| EXTRACT FROM A DECREE OF GOERING, 13 FEBRUARY 1939, CONCERNING THE SAFEGUARDING OF PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS FOR TASKS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE FOR STATE POLICY* | |
| Decree for the Safeguarding of Personnel Requirements for Tasks of Special Importance for State Policy, 13 February 1939, Reichsgesetzblatt 1939, Part I, page 206 | |
| The accomplishment of urgent
tasks of special importance for State policy must not be endangered by the lack
of working personnel. For the execution of such tasks the possibility must
exist of recruiting inhabitants of the Reich territory for those jobs and of
creating stronger ties with the place of employment. On the basis of the Decree Implementing the Four Year Plan of 18 October 1936 (Reich Law Gazette I, p. 887), I therefore order the following: |
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| Section I.
Compulsory Service [Dienstpflicht] Paragraph 1 |
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| (1) The Labor Office can recruit
inhabitants of the Reich territory for the execution of tasks which are
considered by the General Deputy for the Four Year Plan as being especially
important and urgent. The Labor Office can order the release of workers from
private and public enterprises and administrations to accomplish that purpose.
(2) Foreign citizens are not to be drafted for duty assignments, if reasons exist for their exemption by virtue of State treaties or by virtue of recognized provisions of international law. Berlin, 13 February 1939 |
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| The
Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan GOERING Field Marshal |
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* The, complete extract as offered by the defense is reproduced here.
