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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-4310
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
1298 |
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DECREE OF FRANK, GERMAN GOVERNOR GENERAL IN POLAND,
26 OCTOBER 1939, CONCERNING COMPULSORY LABOR COMMITMENT IN
GERMAN-OCCUPIED POLAND AND
NOTING THAT A SPECIAL
DECREE WILL BE
ISSUED FOR JEWS |
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Decree Concerning the Introduction of Compulsory Labor
Commitment of the Polish Population, of the Government General, 26 October
1939¹ |
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| On the basis of section 5, paragraph 1, of the decree issued by the
Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor on 12th October 1939 and dealing with the
administration of the occupied Polish territories, I herewith
order: |
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| Section 1 |
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1. All Poles residing in the General Government between the ages of
18 and 60 are subject to public labor — commitment, which decree is taking
immediate effect.
2. For Jews special decree will be
issued.² |
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| Section 2 |
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| Persons in the position to prove a permanent occupation of public
interest are not to be drafted for the accomplishment of the compulsory
labor-commitment. |
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| Section 3 |
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| The public compulsory labor-commitment comprises particularly work in
agricultural enterprises, construction and maintenance of public buildings,
construction of roads, waterways and railways, regulation of rivers and works
contributing to public culture. |
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| Section 4 |
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1. The workers will be paid according to wage scales considered just.
2. The case of the workers and their families is to be assured within
the frame of possibilities. |
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| Section 5 |
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| The Chief of the Labor Branch of the Office of the Governor General
will issue the regulations necessary for the execution of this
decree. |
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The Governor General for the Occupied Polish Territories
FRANK |
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| Warsaw, 26th October 1939 |
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