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War Department Pamphlet No. 31-133, Military Government Guide,
Elimination of Nazi Public Agencies in Germany, has been prepared
by the Foreign Economic Administration and is published for the
information and guidance of all concerned.
[AG 461 (14 Mar 45) ]
ßy ORDER OF THE 8ECRETARY OF ,vAR:
ÜFFICIAL: G. C. MARSHALL
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4. Pr h r t t r t (Pr n n l f t t 4 t. IAS1S OF SELECTION________________________________________________ 1
.D r nd r t n d r nd v r lt n (Th n p l
II. AGENCIES AND UNITS TO IE ELIMINATED___________________________ S

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6. B ftr t r d r P rt nd r nd v r lt n (P rt
A,, General Administration
D l t n th n p l d n tr t n . 4
Complete Abolition
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1. Der Führer (The Leader)___________________________________ 3

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2. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Reichsverwaltung (Deputy

8. R h f hr r nd h fd rD t h nP lz (R hL d r
General for the Administration of the Reich)________________ 3

3. Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governors)_________________________ 3
nd h f f th r nP l
. h fd r rdn n p lz ( h f f th R l rP l
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4. Preussischer Staatsrat (PrU88ian Council of State)_____________ 4
th rt P l nd f th rt rv &
5. Der Gemeinderat in der Gemeindeverwaltung (The Municipal
. Höh r nd P l z f hr r n p t r nd B f hl h b r
Council in the Municipal Administration)___________________ 4
d r rdn n p lz nd d r h rh t p l z nd d h r
6. Beauftragter der Partei in der Gemeindeverwaltung (Party
h t d n t (H h r nd P l L d r , n p t r , nd
Delegate in the Municipal Administration)_________________ 4
\ nd r f th R l rP l , f th rt P l nd
T. Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Diet)_____________ 6

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2. D n t t ll n d r h rh t p l z nd d D ( ff f th
a. Polke
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Complete Abolition
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8. Reichsführer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Reich Leader

4. nd r d r nd r r ( nd r f th R r l
SS and Chief of the Gennan Police)________________________ 6

9. Chef der Ordnungspolizei (Chief of the Regular Police)_________ 6
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. nd r r h pt nn h ft n ( pt n f th R r l
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10. Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdiensts (Chief of
l n t n th Tr n f r f f lF n t n
the Security Police and of the Security Services) _ _ _ ____ _____ 6
6. F hr r h l d r h rh t p l z (L d r h l f th rt
11. Höhere SS und Polizeüührer sowie Inspekteure und Befehlshaber
P l .. 8 der Ordnungspolizei und der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicher•
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12. Dienststellen der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Offices of the

Security Police and of the Security Service) ••••••••• ---·-··· 7
13. Kommandeure der Schutzpolizei (Commanders of the Protective
Police) .••• _••.•... _•••••••••••••• _. _•••••••• _._·-·..... 8
14. Kommandeure der Gendarmerie (Commanders of the Rural

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Police) •••• - •....•.•..••••• • _••• • · ·······--··-........... 8

15. Gendarmeriehauptmannschaften (Captaincies of tbe Rural
Police>-·-·····-····--·---·-·-··-··-······-···---·---·--- 8
Ellmlnotlon Wlth Trantfer of Usefvl Fvndlons
16. Führerschule der Sicherheitspolizei (Leader School of the Security

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18. Reichsamt Technische Nothilfe (Reich Agency for Technical
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C. War Effort In Genercal
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Complete Abolition
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19. Ministerrat für die Reichsverteidigung (Ministerial Council for
. n t rr t f r d R h v rt d n ( n t r l n lf r
the Defense of the Reich) ________ -----~----- ____________ _ 9
th D f n f th R h 0 20. Reichsverteidigungskommissare (Reich Defense Commissars) __ _ 9
20. R h v rt d n r (R hD f n r
21. . Generalbevollmächtigter für den Kriegseinsatz (Deputy General

2 . n r lb v ll ht t r f r d n r n tz (D p t n r l for .Total War) _________________________________________ _ 12
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22. Division I R of the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Zivile Reichs-

22. D v n R f th R h n tr f th nt r r: Z v l R h
v rt d n nd B tzt b t ( vlD f n nd p d
verteidigung und Besetzte Gebiete (Civil Defense and Occupied
r n l dn R : hrr ht nd hrp l t ( lt r
Areas)
Law andincluding IR W: Wehrrecht
Policy) ______________ und Wehrpolitik (Military
_________________________ _
L nd P l .. 2
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2 . D p rt nt X f th R h n tr f r F d nd r lt r , 23. . Department IX of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture,
b f r t n rn d th frt t n d D rf (R r
eo far as it is concerned with Aufrüstung des Dorfes (Rearma-
ment of the village) _____________________________________ _
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D. v r ll n rf r nd Pl nn n
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D. Over-all Economlc Warfare and Plannlng
Complete Abolition
24. n r lb v ll ht t r f r d rt h ft (D p t n r lf r
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24. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Wirtschaft (Deputy General for
Economy) _____________ ________ ____________ -·- __ ____ _____ _ 12
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25. Reichsstelle für Raumordnung (Reich Office for Land Planning)__ 12

26. B ftr t r f r d n V rj hr pl n (D l t f r th F r r
Pl n 2
Elimination Wlth Transfer of Useful Functions

2 . Z ntr l Pl n n ( ntr l Pl nn n ff . 4
28. R h n t r f r Rt t n nd r pr d t n (R h 26. Beauftragter für den Vierjahresplan (Delegate for the Four Years
n tr f r r nt nd r Pr d t n 4 Plan) ________________ _______ _____ - ---------·----_________ 12
2 .R h t ll ft r d n nh nd l (R h ff f rF r n
27. Zentrale Planung (Central Planning Office)____________________ 14
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28. Reichsministerium filr Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion (Reich

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Ministry for Armaments and War Production)______________ 14

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29. Reichsstelle für den Aussenhandel (Reich Office for Foreign
.R h f r t t—R h j d t (R hF r tr ff —R h
Trade) ________________ ·----------- ·-- - ------------------ 17
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2. F r t nd H lz rt h ft t r( F r tr nd T b r
I!. Agrlcultur• and F-orestry
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Elimination With Trcansfer of Usefvl Functlons
8 . 4 L nd —4 nd r j r t r (4 L nd t r
H nt n, 4 t r H nt n nd nt t r
30. Reichsnährstand (Reich Food Estate)________________________ 17
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31. Reichsforstamt---Reichsjagdamt (Reich Forestry Office-Reich
F. B ld n nd H n
Office for Game and Wild Lüe) _____ _______ ___ __ _____ _____ _ 18
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. l n t n th Tr n f r f f lF n t n H untsmen) _____________________________________________ • 18
8 . n r lb v ll ht t r f r d R l n d rB rt h ft
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Capital, of Munich, and Linz)_____________________________ 18
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37. Generalinspektor für das Strassenwesen (Inspector General of
. n r ln p t rf rd tr n n(n p t r n r l f
Roads)_________________________________________________ 19
R d .. 38. Reichskommissar für Seesohiffahrt (Reich Commissioner for
8. R h rf r h ff hrt (R h n rf r Ocean Shipping)_________________________________________ 20
n h pp n 20
39. Kriegsarbeitsgemeinschaft Strassenverkehr (War Working Com-

. r rb t n h ft tr nv r hr ( r r n
munity for Street Traffic) _ _ __ ____ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ ______ ____ __ _ __ 20
40. 25 Bevollmächtigte für den Nahverkehr (Delegatee for Urban and
n t f r tr t Tr ff :. . 20
40. 2 B v ll ht t f r d n N hv r hr (D l t f r rb n nd
Suburban Transport ation) _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _____ __ __ ___ ___ _ __ 20

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4 . n r ln p t r f r r ftf hr n(n p t r n r lf r
41. Generalinspektor für Kraftfahrwesen (Inspector General for
t r Tr n p rt 20
Motor Transport)________________________________________ 20
H. vl v t n nd r R d Pr t t n
pl t l n t n
H. Civil Aviatlon and Air Raid Protectlon
42. R h n t lt f r L ft h t (R h n tt t f r r R d Pr
Complete Elimlnotlon
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4 .R h l ft h tzb nd (R hL f r r R d Pr t t n 2
42. Reichsanstalt für Luftschub (Reich Institute for Air-Raid Pro-
tection) ___ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ 21
44. R h l ftf hrt n t r (R h n tr f v t n 2
43. Reichsluftschutzbund (Reich League for Air-Raid Protection)__ 21
4 . L ft t r( r ff 2
46. D t h L fth n . .( r n rLn 2 Elimination Wlth Transfer of Useful Functlons

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44. Reicbsluftfahrtministerium (Reich Ministry of Aviation) _______ 21
4 . npr l n p t rf r r nd n r (n p t r n r lf r
45. Luft.äm.ter (Air Offices)___ ____________ _____ _________________ 21
t r nd P r 22
46. Deutsche Luft hansa A. G. (German Air Line)_________________ 21
J. L b r nd np r ppl
pl t b lt n
1. Water ond Power
48. R h tr h nd r d r rb t (R h Tr t f L b r 22
Elimination Wlth Transfer of Useful Functlons
4 . hr n r ht nd R h hr n r ht h f n hd tz z r
rdn n d r n t n l n rb t (H n r rt nd R h
4 7. GenPra.linspektor für Wasser und Energie (Inspector General for
H n r rt, rd n t th t f r th r nz t n f
Water and Power) ________________________________ ________ 22
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J. Labor and Manpower Supply
60. Z ntr l n p t nf rd B tr n l nd h r rb t r ft
Complete Abolition
( ntr l n p t n f r th p rv n fF r nL b r 2
6 . rb t t r( L b r x h n ff 2
48. Reichstreuhänder der Arbeit (Reich Trust ees of Labor)________ 22
2. Z ntr l t ll f r d rf n n( ntr l ff f r Dr ft 49. Ehrengerichte und Reichsehrengerichtshof nach dem Gesetz zur
R rd 2
Ordnung der nationalen Arbeit (Honor Courts and Reich.
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Elimination Wlth Tronsfer of Useful Functlons

4. R h h f rV l ndh t d n t (R h tt
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(Central Inspection for the Supervision of Foreign Labor)____ 23
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öl. Gauarbeitsämter (Gau Labor Exchange Offices)_______________ 23
62. Zentralstelle für das Erfassungswesen {Central Office for Draft
.h th tr t. r
Records)_ ________________________ ______________________ 23
1C. Publlc Health

. Complete Abolition
53. Generalinspektor für Sanitätswesen (Inspector General for Sani-

tation and H ealth Service)________________________________ 24
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55. Volksgerichtshof (People's Court)____________________________ 24
.V l r ht h f (P pl rt , . 24 56. Sondergerichte (Special Courts)______________________________ 24
66. nd r r ht ( p l rt 24
67. Reichserbhofgericht, Landeserbhofgericht, Erbhofgerichte und

6 .R h rbh f r ht, L nd rbh f r ht, rbh f r ht nd
Anerbengerichte (Reich Farm Inheritance Court, Prussian

Supreme Farm Inheritance Court-in Celle-Farm Inheritance
n rb n r ht (R hF r nh r t n rt, Pr n
Courts, and Local Farm lnheritance Courts)_ ______________ 24

pr F r nh r t n rt n ll F r nh r t n
rt , nd L lF r nh r t n rt 24
8. rb ndh t b r r ht ( pp l rt f r " nd H r d t "

68. Erbgesundheitsobergerichte (Appeal Courts for " Sound Heredity"
tt r nd rb ndh t r ht (" nd H r d t
Matters) and Erbgesundheitsgerichte ("Sound Heredity
rt " . 2
Courts") ___________ _____ _- ---------------_______________ 25
6 . n h ft l r( nt p 2
59. Gemeinschaftslager (Community Camp)_____ ___ ______________ 25
60. R h rf rd B h ndl n f ndl h n V r ö n
60. Reichskommissar für die Behandlung feindlichen Vermögens

(R h rf r n Pr p rt .2
(Reich Commissar for Enemy Property)_____________ _______ 25

6 . d f rd t h R ht ( d f r r nL . "2
61. Akademie für deutsches Recht (Aca demy for German Law)_____ 25
. Pr p nd
pl t b lt n
M. Propaganda
62. R h n t r f rV l f lär n nd Pr p nd (R h
n tr f r P p l r nl ht n nt nd Pr p nd 2
Complete Abolition
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62. Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (Reich

64. l nd bt l n d L ht p ld n t (F r nDv n f th
Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda)________ 25

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6 . l nd t ll f r (B rd f nF r n ntr 26
63. Reichpropagandaämter (Reich Propaganda Offices)____________ 26
66. l nd t ll f r Th t r (B rd f r Th t r nF r n n
64. Auslandabteilung des Lichtspieldienstes (Foreign Division of the
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Film Service)_____________________ ____ _______ _____ _______ 26
6 .R h fr d nv r hr v rb nd (R h t nf rT r t 65. Auslandsstelle für Musik (Board of Music in Foreign Countries)__ 26
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66. Auslandsstelle für Theater (Board for Theaters in F oreign Coun-
68. R h h f r Fr d nv r hr (R h tt f r
tries) _ _ __ __ _____________ _ __ _ _ _ ___ __ __ ____ ____ ___ _ ___ __ __ 27
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67. Reichsfremdenverkehrsverband (Reich Association for Tourist

6 .D t h lt rf l z ntr l ( r n lt r F l nt r 2
Traffic)___________________ ___ _________________ __________ 27

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. t d n ll h ft h llb nd ( t d t nf rR rd d
68. Reichsausschuss für Fremdenverkehr (Reich Committee for
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TouristTraffic)___________________ ____ ___________________ 27
2. rb nd B r t n td D t h n hr ftt ( dv r
69. Deutsche Kulturfilmzentrale (German Culture Film Center)____ 27
t nt nd dv r ff f r r nLt r t r 2
70. Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy)_____________ 27
.R h hr ftt t ll (R hLt r t r B rd 2
71. Studiengesellschaft Schallband (Study Association for Recorded
4. rt h ft t ll d D t h nB hh nd l ( n B rd Music)_____ _______________ ________________________ ______ 27
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72. Werbe- und Beratungsamt des D eutschen Schrifttums (Adver-

.R h b ftr t r f r ün tl r h F r b n (R hD l t
tisement and Advisory Office for German Literature)________ 27

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for the German Book Trade) _ __ __ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ __ __ _ __ 28
8. R h rb t n h ft h d n v rh t n (R h r n
75. Reichsbeauftragter für künstlerische Formgebung (Reich Delegate
n t f r th Pr v nt n f d nt 28
for Artistic Design) ________ ____ ______________________ .:___ 28
.D t h d ( r n d 28
76. Deutsches Propaganda Atelier (German Propaganda Studio)____ 28
80. Pr h fd rR h r r n (Pr h f f th R h v rn
77. Werberat der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Advertisement Council of

.h th tr t. r
nt :2
German Economy)_______________________________________ 28
78. Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft Schadensverhütung (Reich Working
l n t n th Tr n f r f f l F n t nt
8 .R h r ndf n ll h ft .b.H. (R hR d rp r t n
th r tr t d l b l t ..2
Community for the Prevention of Accidents)________________ 28
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79. Deutsche Akademie (German Academy)__ __ ___ ___ ____ ________ 28
80. Pressechef der Reichsregierung (Press Chief of the Reich Govem-
ment) _ _ _ __ _________ _ ____ _________ _____ _ _ __ _ _____ _______ 29
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N. N z rd n t n f Pr f n lP r nn l nd tvt
Complete Abolition
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82. Reichskulturkammer (Reich Chamber of Culture)______________ 29

82. R h lt r r (R h h b r f lt r 2
83. ·Reichsverband der Deutschen Presse (Reich .Association of the

8 . t h v rb nd d r D t h n Pr (R h t n f th
German Press)_____________ __ ____ __ ___ ___ ______________ __ 30

r n Pr
84. F l nt n nt t ll n (B rd f r th ntr l f F l t ff 0
84. Filmkontingentstellen (Boards for the Control of Film Staffs)____ 30
8 .R h pr f t ll (R hB rd f n r hpf r 0
85. Reichsmusikprüfstelle (Reich Board of Censorship for M usic) ___ 30
86. R h t ll f r b rb t n (R h ff f r th d pt 86. Reichsstelle für Musikbearbeitung (Reich Office for the Adapta-
t n f 0 tion of Music) .• ·- •• ·-••••• • • _·-.• __ .•. •••• __ __ • ______ • __ 30
8 .D t h n r z ntr l ( Dt r f r n n r 0
87. Deutsche Kongresszentrale (Center of German CongreRscs)______ 30
88. R h rzt r (R h h b r f r th d l Pr f n. 0
88. Reichsärztekammet (Reich Chamber for the Medical Profession)_ 30

8 .D t h f rzt r ht h f (D pl n r rt f r th d l
89. Deutschet Aerztegerlchtshof (Disciplinary Court for the Mcdical

Profession) •• --··--· ____ • _____ ._·- _____ . __ ._ .....• ·--.·-- 30
Pr f n 0
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90. Reichstietärztekammer (Reich Chamber for the Veterinary Pro-

fe·s sion). _.• _________ • _____ ____________ . _____ . __ . • __ . _. .. 30
f n . 0
.D t h r T r rzt r ht h f ( r nD pl n r rt f r
th V t r n r Pr f n 0
91. Deutscher Tierärztegerichtshof (German Disciplinary Court for
2. R h p th r r (R h h b rf r p th r 0
the Veterinary Profession) ________ .-· ___ ·- ______ ___ . ___ --· 30
. p th r r ht h f (D pl n r rt f r p th r 0
92. Reichsapothekerkammer (Reich Cbamber for Apothecaries). ___ • 30
4. R h n t r r (R h h b r fN t r
93. Apothekergerichtshof (Disciplinary Court for Apothecaries)_____ 30

.R h r ht n lt r (R h h b r f tt rn t
94. Reichsnotarkammer (Reich Chamber of Notaries) ___ ··-··-·-·-- 31

95. Reichsrechtsanwaltskammer (Reich Chamber of Attomeys-a.t-
L
6. P t n t n lt r( h b r f P t nt tt rn .
Law)- --- - - -- - - - - - -- - - - · · · - · · - - - · · · - · · · · - · · - - - · - --- ----- 31
. F l pr f t ll n (B rd fFl n r hp „ „8
96. Patentanwaltskammer (Chamber of Patent Attorneys)________ 81
.R l ld l nd p r l ,
pl t b lt n
Elimination with Transfer of Usefvl Fvnctions
8. D v nV f th R h n tr f th nt r r 8
97. FilmJ>rüfstellen (Boards of Film Censorship) __________________ 81
. l nd p l t h nd l n l bt l n (D p rt nt f F r n
P l nd l n
0. Raclal ldeology and lmpcriallsm

00. D p rt nt V f th R h n tr f r F d nd r l
Complete Abolition
t r : L ndl h B dl n d r n r rb n n b t ,N
b ld n d t h nB rnt ltr h (R r l R ttl
98. Division VI of the Reich iiinistry of the Interior ____ ··---·---- 81

nt f th n l r d t rr t r , n r lD v l p nt
99. Auslandspolitische und Kolonialabteilung (Depa.rtment of Foreign

f th F r n l n th R h pr p r 8
Policy and Colonies) ____ _--· __ -· _·-- __ •.• __ --·. __··- .... 31
0 .R h pp n t (R h n l l ff 82
02. R h rf rd F t n d d t h nV l t
100. Department VIII of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agricul-
(R h r f r th tr n th n n f r n "F l
ture: Ländliche Besiedlung der neuerworbenen Gebiete, Neu-
d " 2
bildung deutschen Bauerntums im Altreich (Rural Resettle-
l
ment of the newly acquired territories, General Development

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P. rt nd n
of the Farming Class in the Reich proper>----•-·----··------- 31

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04. D t h F r h n n h ft ( r nR r h
102. Reichskommissar für die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums

(Reich Commissar for the Strengthening of German "Folk-
t n
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dom") ••••••••••••••..•..... ---··· · ··--· -·- ··--···-····- 82

t t t f r th H t r f th N r n
06. R h t ll f r d V l b h r n (R h ff f rP p
103. Reichsteile für Umsiedlung (Reich Board of Resettlement) ••••• _ 82
.h th tr t. r
l r L br r 8
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P. Art and Selene•
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104. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Gennan Research Associa-

tion) ••••••••.• . -----------·--·----· --- ---- ··--· ···---·· 82
105. Reichsinstitut für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland (Reich In-
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106. Reichsstelle für das Volksbüchereiwesen (Reich Office for Popu-

lar Libraries) _____________________ ····--·--··----··------ 83
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Cii,mplete Altolltlon
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Pa~.
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107. Division VIII of the Reich Ministry of the Interior-Sport _____ 33.
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108. Amt (ür Körperli~he Erzieh~g (:Pivision for Physical E~ucation)
08. tf r rp rl h rz h n (D v n f r Ph l d t n
,· .-K ~nd ,Aqteilung
Service)-L Lan~ja.hr ____________________________
_______________ (Qi"._~ion for the Enfore;ed Farm_
— nd bt l n L ndj hr (D v n f r th nf r dF r ■.
33
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109. Reichssp~rtamt (Jleich Sports ·Office)-'--__________ :.. __ -: ____ ___ . 33·,
0 .R h p rt t (R h p rt ff
UO. ReicbsakadeIQi~ fiµ' Leibe13übunget;l (Reich Academy f9r Phys-

0. R h d f rL b b n n (R h d f r Ph
ical Exercises) ______________ __ ________ ,.. ____ ________ __ __ _ 33'
l x r
111. Jugendführe~ des Deutsche;n Reichs (Reich Youth-Lead~r) _____. ") ~ ..:
.J ndf hr r d D t h nR h (R h th L d r 4
112. Reichsarbeitsführer des Arbeitsdienstes (Reich Leader of the La-

2. R h rb t f hr r d rb t d n t (R hL d r f th L
bor Service) __.________ ______ __ ______ ____ _____ ___ · _· · ____

.b r rv 4
.D t h H h h l f rP lt ( r n ll f rP lt .. 4
113. D.eutsche Hochschule für Politik (German College for PJ>litics) _..
4. R h n t lt f r F l nd B ld n n h ft nd nt r 114. Reichsanstalt für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unter-
r ht (R h n tt t f rFl nd P t r n n nd
richt (Reich__________________________________________
Education) Institute for Films and Pictures in Science and_
d t n 4
34
R. h r h
pl t b lt n
R. Church
.R h n t r f rd r hl h n n l nh t n (R h Complete Abolltlon
n tr f r h r h ff r 84
115. Reichsministerium für die kirchlichen Angelegenheiten (Reich

Ministry for Church Affairs)_________ __ ____ ____________ ___ 84
6. B hl t ll nR ht n l nh t n d r v n l h n
r h (B rd f r th D n fL l ff r ff t n th
Pr t t nt h r h 8
116. Beschlussstelle in Rechtsangelegenheiten der Evangelischen
lll. N l T B P ND D
Kirch (Board for the Decision of Legal Affairs affecting the
. Pr d l nzl (Pr d nt l h n ll r
Protestant Church)_____________________________________ 85
8. R h nzl (R h h n ll r
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III. AGENCIES TO BE SUSPENDED
Th d h ld b r d n nj n t n th th f ll n D d :
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117. Präsidialkanzlei (Presidential Chancellery)___________________ 35
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118. Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery)___________________________ 35
2. D d : Th d pt t n f d n tr t n n th R n lL v l
. D d : Th d pt t n f d n tr t n n th L lL v l
APPENDIX
4. D d : T rr t r l nt t b db . .
. D d :P l nd P bl f t n r n
Thls Gulde sbould be read ln conjunction wltb tbe following CAD Guldes:
6. D d : l n t n f F nd nt l N z P l t lL
. D d : Pr p rt f th N z P rt , t ff l t , b r , nd p
1. CAD Guide: German Prlnciples of Administration and Civil Service in Ger-
p rt r
many;
8. D d :F r n Pr p rt n r n
2. CAD Guide: The Adaptation of Administration on the Regional Level;
. D d : Pr rv t n nd f R rd 3. CAD Guide: The Adaptation of Administration on tbe Locail Level;
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4. CAD Guide: Territorial Units to be Used by M. G. ;

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5. CAD Guide: Police and Publlc Safety In Germany ;

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6. CAD Gulde: Elimination of Fundamental Nazi Politieal Laws;

. D d : R p tr t n nd r fF r n vl n r r
4. D d : Pr nd R nt ntr l n r n
'l. CAD Gulde: Property of the Nazi Party, Its Afflllates, Members, and Sup-
. D d :P d d n tr t n D r n th P r d f p t n
porters;
8. CAD Gulde : Foreign Property In Germany;
6. D d : r lt r l H ld n nd th L fH r dt r t t
. D d :H n nd B ld n t r l n r n 9. CAD Gulde: Preservation and Use of Key Records;

10. CAD Guide: Organlzatlon of Labor Supply in Germany;
.h th tr t. r
8. D d : Th d n tr t n f r nR d nd t r Tr n p rt
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11. CAD Golde: German Labor Relations and Military Government t

12. CAD Guide: Unemployment Compensatlon in Germany;
13. CAD Golde: Repatriatlon and Care of Forelgn Civillan Workers;
14. CAD Guide: Price and Rent Controls In Germany;
15. CAD Guide: Food Administration During tbe Period of Occopation;
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18. CAD Guide: The Administration of German Roads and Motor Transport a
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19. CAD Guide: The Administration of Gcrman Inland Waterways and Electrlc
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Power Systems ln Germany ;
P r t n r n
20. CAD Gulde: The German Merchant Marine;
20. D d : Th r n r h nt rn
21. CAD Guide: Electrlc Power Systems In Germany;
2 . D d : l tr P r t n r n 22. CAD Gulde: Courts and Judlclal Administration in Germany;
22. D d : rt nd J d l d n tr t n n r n
23. CAD Guide: Admlnlstratlon of Crlminal Justlce under Military Govern-
2 . D d : d n tr t n f r n lJ t nd r lt r v rn
ment;
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24. CAD Gulde: Adaptation of German Propaganda Controls;

24. D d : d pt t n f r n Pr p nd ntr l
25. CAD Gulde: Legal and Administrative Aspects of the P:-otectlon of Monu-
2 . D d :L l nd d n tr t v p t f th Pr t t n f n
nt n r n
ments in Germany;
26. D d : r nH h r d t n nd d lt d t n, pp nd x:
26. CAD Gulde: German Higber Educatlon and Adult Educatlon, Appendix:
lt r l n t t t n
Cultural Instltutions;
2 . D d : Th Pr bl f r n th nd r lt r v rn nt j
Z'T. CAD Gulde: Tbe Problem of German Youtb under Mllltary Government;
28. D d : Th Pr t t nt nd th l h r h n r n .
28. CAD Gulde: The Protestant and Catbolic Churches In Germany.
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NF D NT L
l. B l F L Tl N
Th f ll n d nt n l t d l t f p bl n n
p r tn n r n , h h h ld b l n t d b th nt d
N t n n p bl ft r lt r v rn nt h b n t b
l h d. Th b f l t n f ll :
CONFIDENTIAL
. n r l rt r
. n p tblt th th bj tv f th nt dN t n
b. n , t l r p t nt l, t th rt r ff n f l
t r v rn nt.
2. p f rt r
1. BASIS OF SELECTION
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l
nd , t h n , nd pr t l ppl t n f th N z
The following Guide contains a selected list of public agencies now

b. D r t pp rt f th r ff rt. lth h nt t l rf r
operating in Germany, which should be eliminated by the United
v r p bl n d th pr t n f th r, rt n n ,
Nations as soon as possible after military government has been estab-
d
h
n t n f
th n h r
n
f r
r dn t n ,
nt , th dr ft, nd th
th r x t n t th
lt r
r
lished. The basis of selection is as follows:
. Th f t rr r n n tr nt f r nf r n th ll f th
l. General criteria
N z P rt nd v rn nt p n th r np pl r p n th
a. Incompatibility with the objectives of the United Nations;

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d. Th
pl f th r
n ntr t n f p bl
ntr
p r n th h nd f nd v d l
b. Menace, actual or potential, to the security or efficiency of mili-
h h ld p t n f h n t r t b d nd b l z th tary government.
N z v p nt, nd t d r p bl .
2. Speciftc criteria
a. The propaganda, teaching, and practical application of the Nazi
t b n t d th t th t r r n t t ll x l v
n n n ( h th R h th L d r f ll th n
v r l r v n ll f th . Th l t r tr t d t n n r
ideology;
n pr p r nd
tr t n f p d t rr t r
t th l r
. x
r nz t n
pt n fr
t p f r th
th r l r
d n
d
b. Direct support of the war effort. AlthCJUgh in total warfare
n ll f r th f pl t n , f r n l t d n
every public agency aids the prosecution of the war, certain agencies,
r n r n rn d.
such as those in charge of armaments, the draft, and the military
t h
. .,
ld b
v rn
d
nt l
l r th t th l t
th r t , n l d n th
n rn d nl
nt
th p bl ,
nd n t t t n
domination of conquered nations, owe their existence to the war;
h h h v th t t f p bl rp r t n nd r ff ll nd r th
c. The use of terror as an instrument for enforcing the will of the
j r d t n r p rv n f p bl n , h th R h r nd
Nazi Party and government upon the German people or upon the
f n
L fth n
ll
.
h ft
.(
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r n rLn
hR d
—b l
rp r t n
N .8
nd th D
nd 46. Th
t h
people of other countries;

rp r t t t f h r nz t n p r l f r l, nd th h ld d. The concentration of public power in the hands of individuals
b tr t db lt r v rn nt l n th r v rn nt l n .
who hold positions of such a nature as to embody and symbolize the

Nazi viewpoint, and to make democracy impossible.
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many proper and omits the large organization set up for the admin-
istration of occupied territories. Exceptions from this rule are made
occasionally for the sake of completeness, as far as agencies located in

Germany are concerned. ·
.h th tr t. r
lt should be made clear that the list is concerned only wiith publie,
i. e., governmental authorities, including those units and institutions
which have the status of public corporations and are officially under the
jurisdiction or supervision of a public agency, such as the R eicharunil-
furucgesellschaft m. b. H. (Reich Radio Corporation) and the Deutsche
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The Guide does not cover military agencies and formations, Party
Th d d n t v r lt r n nd f r t n , P rt
organizations, or the so-called "estates" (Stände) unless the latter
r n z t n , r th ll d " t t " ( t nd nl th l tt r
have been ma.de a part of public administration-as was the case with
the Reich Food Estate.
h v b n d p rt f p bl d n tr t n— th th
th R hF d t t .
Th n l t d n th d r d v d d nt : ( th h h The agencies listed in the Guide are divided into: (a) those which
h ld b b l h d (b th h h h ld b l n t d, hl r
should be abolished; (b) those which should be eliminated, while cer-

tain of their functions are considered as useful and should either be
t n f th r f n t n r n d r d f l nd h ld th r b
t n v rb dr tl r tr n f rr d t th r nn r n
n nd ( th h h h ld b p nd d. taken over by MG directly or transferred to the remaining German

Th f r t
v p rp
t r
f f rth r n N z p l t
pr n
l
h h h v f lf ll d th
. n x pl th
x l
agencies; 1 and ( c) those which should be suspended.

rb ndh t r ht (" nd H r d t " rt ,—N . 8 b l ,—
The first category eomprises agencies which have :fulfilled the exclu-
th f n t n f h h th d t r n t n f p l r t rlz
sive pnrpose of furthering Nazi political aims. An example is the
t n . Th
Th nd
t
t
r
r
ntr d
ld n l d , f r x
d b th t tl :
pl ,
pl t
rt n
b l t n.
n
Erbgeswndheitsgerichte ('·Sound Heredity" Courts) ,- No. 58 below, -
h hdr t d r ntr ll d th r n r n . h n ,
the function of which was the determination of compulsory steriliza-
h l th h ld b l n t d nt t nd th r p r nn l ff
tions. This category is üitroduceu by the title: Oomplete .Abolitwn.

The. second eategory would inelude, for example, certain agencies
tv l p r d, f lf ll d f n t n h h ll h v t b nt n d
nd r . n x pl th B ftr t f r d n V rj hr pl n
(D l t f r th F r r Pl n —N . 26 b l .H f n t n
_w hich directed or controlled the German war economy. Such agencies,
f n dr t n f th r ld n l n r x t, b t f th
while they should be eliminated as entities an<l theiir personnel effec-

tively purged, fulfilled some functions which will have tobe continued
tvt nt r t d nt h v t r nz t n ll pr v v l bl f r
n ntr l b . Th p ll tr f th R h
n r f r Pr ntr l. Th t r f n ntr d d under MG. An example is the Beauftragte f'i.ir den Vierjahresplan
b th t tl l n t n th Tr n f r f f lF n t n .
(Delegate f9r the Four Years' Plan)-No. 26 below. His functions

of economic direction of the war would no louger exist, but some of the
Th th rd t r n l d n t b p nd d, b t n t l
n t d, n th h v r t n pr N z tr d t n , nd b bj t
t r vv l h n f r f v r nt r t r dt r n . n
activities integrated into h.is vast organization will prove valuable for
x pl th Pr d l nzl (Pr d nt l h n ll r —b l
.economic control by MG. This is especially true oi the Reich Com-

N . . h p n n b f n d r bl d r t n nd n
l t l n th p t n. Th h ld n t b
missioner for Price Control. This category of agencies is introduced
nf d th h rt t r p n n d r n th rl d r
by the title Eliminat-i<m with Trans/er of V seful Fwnct-ions.
f
t t n (
p t n,
D d :
t d, f r x
r nH h r d
pl , th r rd t
t n nd d lt d
lt r l n t
The third catcgory includes agencies to be suspended, but not elimi-

t n, pp nd x: lt r l n t t t n n r n .
nated, since they have roots in pre-Nazi t.raditions, and may be subject
f r th drt (F r n ff n rn d, h
to revival when some form of sovereignty is restored to Germany. An

r
v r, n
rd t th
l f
n tt t nh
t n rr
n t
nd t n
tb n
v n,
t bl h d. B t th
n th p l n
example is the Präsidialk(JfTl,.z lei (Presidential Chancellery)-below

n h ld n t b n tr d n nd t n th t th r nF r n
No. 117. Such suspensions may be of considerable duration and in
ff t b nt n d nd r lt r v rn nt.
some cases may last as long as the occupation. They should not be
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r nz d rd n t bj t tt r r f ld f tvt . Th
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rn d th v r tvt . Th pr p nd r n ff n t n
~utions (see CAD Guide: German H igher Education and .Adul,t Edu-.
■ r p ( nd (b r tr t dt th r n P rt .
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oatwn, Appendiz: CuUural / nstitutio-ns in Germany).
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Aß far as the Awwärtige A1nt (Foreign Office) is concerned, how-.
·ever, no classification or recommendation _is given, since the policy in
.h th tr t. r
regard to this institution has not yet bcen established. But this omis-
:sion should not be construed as an indication that the German Foreign
:office is tobe continued under Military Government.
. . In order to facilitate the practical use of the Guide, the list has been
.organized according to subject-matters or fields of activities. The
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-the determinant for the classification, while cross-reference has beeu
th d t r n nt f r th l f t n, hl r r f r n h b n
made to agencies grouped under another subject-matter, but also
d t n r p d nd r n th r bj t tt r, b t l :having some part in the activity in question.
h vn p rt n th tvt n t n. . *,
The information which this Guide provides on the objectives of the

1isted agencies, and the suggestions concerning the t~nsfer of their
Th nf r t n h h th d pr v d n th bj tv f th
l t d n , nd th t n n rn n th tr n f r f th r
f n t n , h ld b ppl nt d b th t d f th p f D functions, should be supplemented by fh_e study of the specific CAD

d d ln th th r p t v f ld . n h h r h
Guides dealing with the respective fields. .In ~nch case where such
Guides have made recommen~ati_on_s on eliminations of Nazi '. public
d h v d r nd t n n l n t n f N z p bl
n ,r f r n h b n d t th n th l t.
n th d p r l n t t t n l, th t n fp r nn l
agencies, reference has been made to them in the list.
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, th r
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hp r
f th tr
fN z p r
t nt
nn l
rd d t th p rt
n r nd th
l r
Since this Guide is purely institution_a l, the question of personnel is

f t th t n n d n t pp r n th l t t ll, hl nd t
not covered. Regardless of ~he treatm~nt accorded to the par~icular
n th t t b r t n d n nt t , h ld n t b n tr dt
agency, a thorough purge of_ N a~i perso~nel is necessary ; apd the
nd p
n th t
f r
h p r
nd t n
ld b
r
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bj
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t
d
d
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fact that an agency does not appear in the list at all, while hidicat-
l n t n fN z .
ing that it may be retained as an entity, should not be construed to
n th f ll n , th ll d th r t h ld t t d
mean that such a _purge could be omitted. This subject is discµssed,

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nd r th d r
nd r rd .
t n f lt r v rn nt nd th v r f n
and specific recommendations are made, in the CAD Guides o;n the
t n ldv n , th r ll pr b bl b ntr l r n d n tr t v elimination of Nazis.
r nz t n rr p nd n t th R h n tr . F r th p rp
In the case of aU agencies, the Allied authorities should take custody

of files and records.1
f th d , th r nz t n r r f rr d t n t n tr
b t ntr l ff , t r h hb r n nn t t n f v r nt .
,
ll. N l ND NlT T B Ll lN T D Under the direction of Military Government and the various Junc-
. N R L D lNl TR Tl N
tional divisions, there will probably be central German administrati~e

organizations corresponding to the Reich Ministries. For the purpose
pl t b lt n
. D r F hr r (Th L d r
Th l n t n f H tl r p t n f h f x t v (f r rl
of this Guide, these organizations are referred to not as Ministries
R
R
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h h n
d nt
ll r
nd h f f th R
ll b th n t r l
h
n
v rn
n
nt (f r
f th d f
rl
t f
but as Central Offices, a term which bears no connotation of sovereignty.
r n nd th tr n f r f ntr l t lt r v rn nt.
2. n r lb v ll ht t r f r d R h v r lt n (D p t n r l
11. AGENCIES AND UNITS TO BE ELIMINATED
f r th d n tr t n f th R h
A. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Th ff nn t d th th r t n f th n t r l n l
f r th D f n
n ntr t n ll p
f th R
r f
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n r l d
N . nd rv
n tr t n n th h nd
th p rp f
f th
Complete Abolition
R
.R
h
h
n t r f th
t tth lt r (R
nt r r, f r
h v rn r
rl Fr —n H l r.
1. Der Führer (The Leader)

Th n r N z n tr nt f r rd n t n th p l t l
The elimination of Hitler's position of chief executive (formerly
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Reich President) and Chief of the Reich Government (formerly

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Germany and the transfer of control to Military Government.

2. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Reichsverwaltung (Deputy General
for the Administration of the Reich)

This office is connected with the creation of the Ministerial Council
.h th tr t. r
f or the Defense of the Reich ( see No. 19) and serves the purpose of
concentrating all powers of general administration in the hands of t.he
Reich Minister of the Interior, formerly Frick-now Himmler.
3. Reichsstatthalter ( Reich Governors)
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.As & rule, the Gauleiter were appointed to the offiee of the Reich Gov-
r l , th l t r r pp nt d t th ff f th R h v
emor, thus combining the two offices. The office of Reich Governor is,
rn r, th b n n th t ff . Th ff fR h v rn r ,
therefore, closely identified with the Nazi Party. See the CAD Guide:
th r f r , l l d nt f d th th N z P rt . th D d :
.Adaptation of AdminÜJtration on the Regional Level.
d pt t n f d n tr t n n th R n l L v l.
L t f th R h v rn r th th x l n f tr :
List of the Reich Govemors with the exclusion of Austrio.:
( Pr B rl n
( 1) Prus.qia._______________________________ Berlin
(2 B v r ft4 ^— n h
(2) Bavaria_____ ~------------------------ Munich

( x n . Dr d n
(3) Saxony_______________________________ Dresden

(4 rtt b r t tt rt
( B d n rl r h
( 4) · Württemberg_________________________ Stuttgart
(6 Th r n r
( 5) Baden________________________________ Karlsruhe
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( 6) Thuringia_____________________________ Weimar
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(7) Hamburg_____________________________ Hamburg
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(9) Mecklenburg__________________________ Schwerin
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(11) Oldenburg and Bremen________________ Oldenburg
4. Pr h r t t r t (Pr n n l f t t (12) Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe__________ Detmold
Th n l, f r ll n h r f dv n th Pr n v rn
(13) Wartheland ___________________________ Posen
nt, n t f th Pr n t r( rn , h r n, th
t t r t r , nd th r b r pp nt d b th Pr n
( 14) Danzig-West Prussia__________________ Danzig
t r. t bl h d n , th h dn r lf n t n x pt t pr v d
(15) Westmark____________________________ Saarbrücken
tr t dN z nd p rt nt p r n lt f p bl lf th ll p d
ff . t d pp r n ll b l l n n f th br
4. Preussischer staatsrat (Prussian Council of State)
This Council, formally in charge of advising the Prussian Govern-
d n f th t .
.D r nd r t n d r nd v r lt n (Th n p l n
l n th n p l d n tr t n
ment, consists of the Prime Minister ( Goering), as Chairman, the
Th
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n l ntr d
tr n h ld f th P rt
d b th
n
r
n
n
p l
n p l
v rn
State Secretaries, and other members appointed by the Prime Minis-
nt nd, f ll n th pr n pl f "l d r h p," h r l dv r
ter. Established in 1933, it has had no real functions except to provide
p r .F r d n f th r nz t n fl l v rn nt,
trusted Nazis and important personalities of public life with well-paid
L v l.
vl ff r d : d pt t n f th d n tr t n n L l
offices. Its disappearance will be a logical consequence of the break-

6. B ftr t r d r P rt nd r nd v r lt n (P rt D l t
down of the system.
5. Der Gemeind~rat in der Gemeindeverwaltung (The Municipal Coun-
n th n p l d n tr t n
rd n t th r n n p l d , th ff f th P rt
D l t h b n ntr d d nt th d n tr t n f ll r n cil in the Municipal Administration)

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n p lt , h th r t rr r l nt .H x r
p rt nt f n t n , p rt l rl n nn t n th th pp nt nt
Code of 1935. lt is a stronghold of the Party in municipal govern-

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f th r nd th t (B rdn t . th th d l
ment and, following the principle of "leadership," has merely advisory

powers. For a discussion of the organization of local government,
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see Civil Atfairs Guide: Adaptation of the Admi,mstration on Local,

Level.
.h th tr t. r
6. Beauftragter der Partei in der Gemeindeverwaltung (Party Delegate

in the Municipa.l Administration)
According to the German Municipal Code, the office of the Party
Delegate has been introduced into the administration of all German
municipalities, whether cities or rural communities. He exercises
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important functions, particularly in connection with the a.ppointment

of the Mayor and the As.qociates (Beigeordnete). With the dissolu-
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tion of the Party this office will disappear automatically. See the
t n f th P rt th ff ll d pp r t t ll . th
CAD Guide mentioned in No. 5 above.
7. Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Diet)
D d nt n d n N . b v .
.D t h r nd t ( r n n p lD t
t bl h d n , th n p lD tb p bl rp r t n
Established in 1933, the Municipal Diet became a public corporation
nd r th
t t n f th
n
nt r
p l
t
d
f
f
n p lt
. t
,b t
pp d t b th r pr
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n
under the Municipal Code of 1935. It is supposed tobe the represen-

" rd n t d" nd P rt p rv d r nz t n th p r l dv
tation of the interests of municipalities, but is actually a strictly
r f n t n . t th r hl N z f d. t b lt nd n t
"coordinated" and Party-supervised organization with purely advi-

pr j d
n p l
th f n t n n
lf v rn nt
f f t r r pr
r t bl h d.
nt t v r nz t n h n
sory functions. It is thoroughly Nazi.fied. Its abolition does not

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prejudice the functioning of future representative organizations when
pl t b lt n
municipal self-government is reestablished.

8. R h f hr r nd h fd rD t h nP lz (R hL d r
8. POLICE
nd h f f th r nP l
P l d n tr t n, f r rl l ft t th v r l t t ,h b n
Complete Abolition
ntr l z d n th p rf l ff f th R hL d r f th r n
P l . Th ff t ll f r ll nd r th j r d t n f th
8. Reichsführer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Reich Leader SS

R h n tr f th nt r r. t n b nt, H l r, ,h
v r, t ll nd p nd nt v n h n Fr n t r. n
H l r d d Fr ,h h bn d nh h nd b th p r . and Chief of the German Police)

Th
th h
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p t f th
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th
Police administration, formerly left to the several States, has been

rt rv f th . Th t r nz t n h v b n th t
centralized in the powerful office of the Reich Leader SS of the German
ff tv n tr nt f N z t rr r, x r d n t th p p l t n
Police. This office is still formally under the jurisdiction of the

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n h r
r n
fp lt
nd f th
lp l n ,p lt
p d ntr
l rr
. Th r ff
t , n ntr t n
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Reich Ministry of the lnterior. Its incumbent, Himmler, was, how-
nd th xt r n t n f h l r p fp pl . Th r l rp l , ever, actually independent even when Frick was Minister. Since
n th h h r p t n , l l l ln d th th .
Himmler succeeded Frick, he has combined in his hands both powers.

The most dangerous aspect of the amalgamation of the Police with
Th n d r t n l d t th t nt b l h ll h h r
p l th r t (N . b v th l v l f th h h r p l
th r t — n Pr , th D tr t Pr d nt ( th D d : t-he SS has been the combination of the Security Police with the Se-
P l nd P bl f t n r n .
curity Service of the SS. The two organizations have been the most
. h fd r rdn n p lz ( h f f th R l rP l
0. h fd r h rh t p l z nd d h rh t d n t ( h f f
effective instruments of Nazi terror, exercised against the populations
th rt P l nd f th rt rv
of Germany and of the occupied countries. Their offices have been
d r
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nd d r h rh t p l z
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nd d
nd B f hl h b r
h r
in charge of political policing, political arrests, concentratiou camps,
h t d n t (H h r nd P l L d r , n p t r , nd
and the extermination of whole groups of people. The regular police,
nd r f th R l rP l , f th rt P l , nd
in the higher positions, is also closelv linked with the SS.
f th rt rv
These considerations lead to the suggestion to abolish all higher

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.9. Chef der Ordnungspolizei (Chief of the Regular Police)
. 10. Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdiensts (Chief of

.h th tr t. r
the Security Police and of the Security Service)

11. Höhere SS und Polizeiführer sowie Inspekteure und Befehlshaber
der Ordnungspolizei und der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicher•
heitsdiensts (Higher SS and Police Leaders, Inspectors, and
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Der Höliere SS u.nd Polizeiführer (Higher SS nnd Police
·ci.
. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r (H h r nd P l
Lea<ler) with the Provincial Governor in East Prussia, in the
L d r th th Pr v n l v rn r n t Pr , n th
Army Corps Area I -
r rp r —
(1) Der Befehlshaber de1· Ordnwngspolizei (The Commander

( D r B f hl h b r d r rdn n p lz (Th nd r
f th R l rP l
of the Regular Police)
(2 D r n p t rd r h rh t p l z nd d D
(2) Der Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei wnd des SD 1
(Th
rv
n p t r f th rt P l nd f th rt
(The Inspector of the Security Police and of the Security

b. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th Pr v n l v rn r
Service)
nP r n , th R h v rn r n l nb r , nd th
b. Der Ilöhere SS und Polizeiführer with the Provincial Governor
Pr v n
—
l v rn r n Br nd nb r , n th r rp r
in Pomerania, the Reich Governor in Mecklenburg, and the

( D r n p t rd r rdn n p lz (Th n p t r f
Provincial Governor in Brandenburg, in the Army Corps Area
th R l rP l
II-
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nd d
h
D
p t l B rl n,
(1) Der Inspekteur de1· 01·dnungspolizei (The Inspector of
nd th Pr v n l v rn r n Br nd nb r th r rp
the Regular Police)
r —
(2) Der l nspekteu1· der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD

c. Der Flöhere SS und Polize-iführe1· of the Reich Capital Berlin,
( D r n p t rd r rdn n p l z ,T r&nd nbxxr ( r
B rl n
and the Provincial Governor in Brandenburg with Army Corps
d. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th R h v rn r nd
Area III-
( 1) Dm· I nspekteu1· der Ord·nwngspolizei, Brandenburg ( ausser
Pr v n l v rn r t x n , th Pr v n f x n , l , nd
Th r n , n r rp r V—
( D r n p t rd r rdn n p lz Berlin)
(2) Der I nspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD

d. De1· Höhere SS und Polizeiführe1· with the Reich Governors and
. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th R h v rn r t
ürtt b r nd B d n nd th h f f th vl d n tr t n
n l n r rp r V—
Provincial Guvernors at Saxony, the Province of Saxony, Silesia, and
( D r B f hl h b r d r rdn n p lz
Thuringia, in Army Corps Area IV-

(2 D r n p t rd r h rh t p l z nd d D, z
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rt P l
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nd th
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.
e. Der Höhere SS und Polizeiführer with the Reich Governors at
. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th Pr v n l v rn r
Württemberg and Baden an<l the Chief of the Civil Administration
n tph l , H n v r, th Rh n Pr v n nd th th R h v
in Alsace in Army Corps Area V-
(
rn r t L pp
D r B f hl h b r d r
nd h b r L pp
rdn n p lz
n r rp r V —>
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in Westphalia, Hanover, the Rhine Province and with the Reich Gov-
.h th tr t. r
ernor at Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe in Army Corps Area VI-

(1) Der Befehl,shab&r der Ordlnwngapolizei
(2) Der Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei wrul dea SD
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. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th Pr v n l v rn r
at Lower and Upper Silesia in Army Corps Area VIII-
tL r nd pp r l n r rp r V —
(!) Der Inspekteur der Ordnungs[>Olizei
(2) Der Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD

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i. Der Höhere SS wnd Polizeiführer with the Reich Governor and
Pr v n l v rn r f th Pr v n H N , t H n v r, t
Provincial Governor of the Province Hesse-Nassau, at Hanover, a.t
H , th Pr v n x n , t Th r n nd t tph l nd th
Hesse, the Province Saxony, at Thuringia and at Westphalia and with

the Bavarian State Minister of the Interior in Army Corps Area IX-
th B v r n t t n t r f th nt r r n r rp r X—
( 1) Der Inspekteur der 01·dnungspolizei
j. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th R h v rn r nd

Pr v n l v rn r t H b r , t ld nb r nd t Br n, t
H n v r nd t hl H l t n n r rp r X—*
j. Der Höhere SS wnd Polizeiführer with the Reich Governor and
( D r B f hl h b r d r
(2 D r n p t rd r
rdn n
h rh t p l z
p lz
nd d D
Provincial Governor at Hamburg, at Oldenburg and at Bremen, at
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nd
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( D r n p t rd r rdn n p lz , .
(2) Der Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD ·
k. Der Höhere SS ünd Polizeiführer in Hanover, at Brunswick a.nd
l. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th R h v rn r nd
Pr v n l v rn r f th Rh n Pr v n , tH th Pr v n
Anhalt, llt Lippe and Schamburg-Lipp and in the Province Sa.xony

in Army Corps Area XI-
H N nd t B d n n r rp r X —
( 1) Der Inspekteur der Ordnungspolizei

. D r Höh r nd P l z führ r th th B v r n t t
n t r f th nt r r nd th th R h v rn r f B d n, t
(2) Der I nspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei wnd des SD
Th r n nd t ürtt b r n r rp r X —
l. Der Höhere SS wnd Polizeiführer with the Reich Governor and

(2 D r n p t rd r h rh t p l z nd d D Provincial Governor of the Rhine Province, at Hesse the Province

n. D r Höh r
t r —,.
nd P l z führ r th th R h v rn r t
Hesse-Nassau and at Baden in Army Corps Area XII- · ;'

(1) Der Befehlshaber der Ordnwngspolizei
(2 D r B f hl h b r d r h rh t p l z nd d D ,. ,.

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rt P l nd f th
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rt rv
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th th
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m. Der Höhere SS und Polizeiführer with the Bava.rian Sta.te

f th r n lp l z t ll n r n lP l ff Minister of the Interior and with the Reich Governor of Baden, at
ll b rd n t ff f th rt P l nd f th rt
Thuringia and at Württemberg in Army Corps Area XIII-

(1) De,• Inspekteur der Ordnungspolizei
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Security Police a.nd of the Security Service) with the excepti<m

of the Kriminalpolizeistellen [ Criminal Police Offices])
All subordinate offices of the Security Police and of the Security
Service are to be dissolved with the exception of the Criminal Police
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Inspekteurbereiche Stellen Leu
der Sicherheitspolizei (Bta.te Police Abachnitte
t t p lz D und dea SD Ot/iee) (Leader Sectiona)
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13. Kommandeure der Schutzpolizei ( Commanders of the Protective

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ernments in Prussia)
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ernments in Prussia and the corresponding authorities in other
states). See CAD Guide: Police and Puhlw Safety in Germany.
6. F hr r h l d r h rh t p l z (L d r h l f th rt
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15. Gendarmeriehauptmannschaften (Captaincies of the Rural
P l nd f th rt rv ..
Police)-Nos. 13-15:
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Th t h l rv th tr n n f r thl p l n nd n.
These higher offices are N azified and unnecessary ( CAD Guide:
Th r r n z t n nd p r t r th r hl N z f d th t l n
Polwe and Puhlic Safety in Germany).

t n pr f r bl t r r n z t n. Th r p nt ,h v r,
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The two schools serve the training of ruthless policemen and SS men.
Their organization and spirit are so thoroughly Nazified that elimina-
tion is preferable to reorganization. Their equipment may, however,

.h th tr t. r
be used for new police schools which will have tobe created.
18. Reichsamt Technische Nothilfe 1 (Reich Agency for Technical
Emergencies)
Originating from a voluntary private organization, this agency was
established in 1939 as a Reich authority for keeping essential services
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th p r t, l n t n pp r d r bl ( D d : r n
with SS spirit, elimination appears desirable (CAD Guides: Germ.an

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Pr n pl f d n tr t n nd vl rv n r n , Pr p rt
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20. R h v rt d n r ( hD f n r 19. Ministerrat für die Reichsve rteidigung (Ministerial Council for the
Th r th r n l nt f th n l, th th f n t n f
Defense of the Reich)

rd n t n th d f n f th h. Th ff f th r
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This office, which was created by an edict of Hitler (August 30,
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L t f th R
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These are the regional agents of the Council, with the function of
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coordinating the defense of the Reich. The office of the Commissars

is held by the several Gauleiter. The elimination of these war agencies
( L r l
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is the logical consequence of the disappearance of the Council.
(4 r Br nd nb r
List of the Reich Defense Commissars:

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(1) East Prussia East Prussia Provincial President at Kö-
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(2) Upper Silesia Upper Silesia Provincial President at Kat-

L nd, R h , Pr v nz (. t t
towitz
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t Pr lau
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ministration) at Hamburg
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th (13) Sa.xony State Saxony Reich Governor (Go,·ern-
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nt r f h ft
(14) Thuringia Thuringia Reich Governor, State
Government District Secretary, and Leader
Erfurt of the Thuringian Minis-
h b r nd th
t th v rn nt
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City County Hanau
Rural Counties Hanau,
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D tr t Fr n n
( R hD f n
· mchtern
D tr t B r th
(22) Baden Baden Baden, Minister of the In-

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( R hD f n
(23) Württemberg Württemberg Hohenzol- Württemberg, MiniRter · of
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v rn nt D tr t
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Swabia
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.h th tr t. r
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21. Generalbevollmächtigter für der Kriegseinsatz (Deputy General
for Total War)
2 . n r lb v ll ht t r f r d r r n tz (D p t n r l
f rT t l r
This war agency is the most recent Nazi creation. lt is held by
Th r n th tr nt N z r t n. t h ld b
Goebbels, who was appointed after the reported attempted assassina-

tion of Hitler on Jruly 20, 1944. The Deputy has supreme command
bb l , h pp nt d ft r th r p rt d tt pt d n
t n f H tl r n J l 20, 44. Th D p t h pr nd
v r np r nd r nt, h h pl bb l v r l over manpower and armament, which places Goebbels over Sauckel
( N . 26, b, 6 nd p r (N . 28 .
(see No. 26, b, 6) and Speer (No. 28).

22. D v n lR f th R h n tr f th lnt r r: Z v l R h v rt d
n nd B tzt b t ( vlD f n nd d r
22. Division IR of the Reich Ministry of the Inferior: Zivile Reichsverteidi-
gung und Besetzte Gebiete (Civil Defense and Occuied Areas)
n l dn : hrr ht nd hrp l t lt r L nd
P l
2 . D p rt nt lX f th R h n tr f r F d nd r lt r ,
inclu<ling IR\V: Wehrrecht und Wehrpolitik [Military Law and
f r t n rn d th fr t n d D rf (R r nt
Policy]
f th V ll
D. V R LL N l RF R ND PL NNlN 23. Department IX of the Reich Ministry for Food and Agriculture, so
24.
pl t
n r lb v ll
b lt n
ht t r f r d rt h ft (D p t n r lf r
far as it is concerned with Aufrüstung des Dorfes (Rearmament
n
of the Village)
th th D p t n r l f r th R h d n tr t n (N . 2 ,
th ff nn t d th th r t n f th n t r l n lf r
D. OVER-ALL ECONOMIC WARFARE AND PLANNING
Complete Abolition
th D f n f th R h nd b nn l th th d pp r
n f th n l.
2 .R h t ll f r R rdn n (R h ff f r L nd Pl nn n
24. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Wirtschaft (Deputy General for

Th ff t bl h d n f r th r l t n f l nd n d d
f r p bl p rp . th b n h r d th n pl n nd r
Economy)
r n nt f r th b t f ll r n t rr t r . Th t p R h
As with the Deputy General for the Reich Administration (No. 2),
this office is connected with the creation of the Ministerial Council for
d n tr t v n t nf r t t th r n d f r l nd nd
pl n f r th t bl h nt f b ld n . Th D r t r f th ff
t db pl nn n t n, th ll h ft z r V r r t n
the Defense of the Reich and becomes rueaningless with the disappear-
d rR h pl n n nd R rdn n (p p l rl ll d z v r,
ance of the Council.

h h p r t thr h 2 L nd pl n n n h ft n (R n l
pl nn n nt nd Pl n n b h rd n (Pl nn n ff .
25. Reichsstelle für Raumordnung (Reich Office for Land Planning)

Th t bl h nt f th ff r fl t th xp n n f r n d
n tr t v n f r th p rp ft t lt r n v rn nt. n
This office was established in 1935 for the regulation of land needed
v f th t n f th ff th t rr t r l pl nn n f r
for public purposes. lt has been charged with making plans and ar-
p d t rr t r
ff n t n .
, t r nd d th t t b b l h d th t tr n f r
rangements for the best use of all German territory. The top Reich
administrative agencies must inform it as to their needs for land and
26. B ftr t r f r d r V rj hr pl n (D l t f r th F r r
plans for the establishment of buildings. The Director of this office
Pl n
is assisted by a planning association, the GeseUschaft zur V 01·bereitung

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The establishment of this office reflects the expansion of German ad-

minist\'ative agencies for the purposes of totalitarian government. In

view of the association of this office with territorial planning for occu-
.h th tr t. r
pied territories, it is recommended that it be abolished without transfer

of functions.
Elimination With Transfer of Useful Functions
26. Beauftragter für der Vierjahresplan (Delegate for the Four Years'
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adapted to the existing war needs. At times they were in control of

th h l n hn r . n rt n f ld th r ,h v r,
the whole economic machinery. In certain fields they were, however,
p r d d b th R h n tr f r nt nd r Pr d t n.
superseded by the Reich Ministry of Armament and War Production.

While the Office of the Four Years' Plan as one of the outstanding
h l th ff f th F r r Pl n n f th t t nd n
N z r n h ld b l n t d, f t f n t n ll
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p t n. ( D d : r n Pr n pl f d n tr t n,
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a. Geschäftsgruppen (Sections )-
n r f r Pr ntr l
(2 hdft r pp rn hr n ( t nf rF d
( hdft r pp D v n( t nf rF r n x h n
( 1) Rewhskmwmissar für die Preisbildung (Reich Commis-
(4
b.
hdft r pp F r t n (
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(2) Geschäftsgruppe Ernährwng (Section for Food)
h ft ( n r n r l f r th R l t n f th
(3) Geschäftsgruppe Devisen (Section for Foreign Exchange)
B ld n
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n
n r lb v ll d ht t r f r nd rfr nd r h h n
(4) Geschäftsgruppe Forsten (Section for Forestry)
rz n ( n r n r lf r p l t n
b. General,bevollmächtigte (Commissioners General)-
n h l Pr d t n
(!) Generalbevollmächtigter fiir die Regelung der Bauwirt-

(
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n r lb v ll d ht t r f r t
n r n r l f r th T
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schaft ( Commissioner General for the Regulation of the

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Building Economy)
(4 n r lb v ll d ht t r f r R t n f b n(
(2) Generalbevollmächtigter für Sonderfraqen der chemischen

Erzeugung ( Commissioner General for Special Questions
n r n r lf r r nt T
( n r lb v ll d ht t r f r R t n f b n, Z ntrdl
t ll f r n r t r n( n r n r lf r r
on Chemical Production)
nt T , ntr l ff f r n r t r
(3) Generalbevollmächtigter für technische Nachri,chtenmittel

( Commissioner General for the Technique of Communica-
(6 n r lb v ll d ht t r f r d n rb t n tz (
n r n r l f r th ll t n fL b r
.B v d ht t ,8 nd rb ftr t . . .( n r , p tion)
lD p t , t .—
(4) Generalbevollrnächtigter fiir Rmtungsaufgaben (Com-

missioner General for Armament.s Tasks)
( B v ll d ht t r f r d r ft n( n rf r
t r Tr n p rt t n
(2 B ftr t rf rd Fdrd r n d r rd l nn n (5) General,bevollmächtigter für Rüstungsaufgaben, Zentral-

( n r f r th Pr t n f P tr l Pr d
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(6) Generalbevollmächtigter für den Arbeitseinaata (Commis-

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sioner General for the Allocation of Labor)

o. Bevollmächtigte, Sonderbeauftragte u. s. w. ( Commissioners, Spe-
nrt h ft ( n rf r t r Tr n p rt n th r
n
b
cial Deputies, Etc.)-
( 1) B evolhnächtigter für das Kraftwesen ( Commissioner for
.h th tr t. r
Motor Transportation)
(2) Beauftragter für die Förderung der Erdölgewinnung
( Commissioner for the Promotion of Petroleum Produc-
tion)
(3) Korpsführer des NSKK (Leader of the National Socialist
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(5) Beauftragter für Schrott- und Altmetaller/a8swng gesam-
( B ftr t rf r hr tt nd lt t ll rf n
ten besetzten Gebieten ( Commissioner for the Collection of
t nb tzt n b t n( n r f r th ll t n f
Used Metals in All the Occupied Areas)
d t l n ll th p d r
( 6) Sonderbeo:uftragter für den Transport der l{ohle ( Special

Commissioner for the Transportation of Coal)
(6 nd rb ftr t r f r d n Tr n p rt d r hl ( p l
n r f r th Tr n p rt t n f l
d. th r n — d. Other agencies-
( H pttr h nd t ll t( n Tr t f r th t
( 1) Ilaupttreuh(J,ndstel"le Ost (Main Trustee for the East)

(2) Statistischer Zentralausschuss (Cent ral Committee for
(2 t t t h r Z ntr l h ( ntr l tt f r
t t t
Th f ll n t n n rn n th tr n f r f f n t n r Statistics)
d :
The following suggestions concerning the transfer of functions a.re

Th tvt f th R h n r f Pr ntr l b
tr n f rr d t th ntr l ff f r n ( D d :
made:
r n Pr n pl f d n tr t n nd vl rv n r n
The activities of the Reich Commissioner of Price Control may be

transferred to the Central Office for E conomics ( see CAD Guide:
nl d d t h v th ff f Pr n r nt n d
nd b d dr tl r p n bl t th p t n th r t ,
t d n th D d : Pr nd R nt l ntr l n r n . Gerrnan Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany)

Th f lf n t n f th t n "F d" nd "F r tr " ld b
unless MG decides to have the Office of Price Commissioner continued

and be made directly responsible to the occupation authorities, as
t n v r b th ntr l ff fF d nd r lt r nd th
f t n "F r n x h n " b th ntr l ff fFn n (
D d : r n Pr n pl f d n tr t n nd vl rv suggested in the CAD Guide: Price and R ental Oontrol in Germany.

n
f r
r n .
th th r n r n th F r r Pl n r n
The useful functions of the sections "Food" and "Forestry" could be
rn d, th n r n r l f r th ll t n f L b r nd
taken over by the Central Office of Food and Agriculture and those
h d n tr t v h d, th n p t r n r lf rL b r ppl
of section "Foreign Exchange" by the Central Office of Finance (see
(
f r
D
n
d : r
r b th
nz t n fL b r
ntr l ff
ppl ,
fL b r(
ld b r pl
D d :
d
CAD Guide : Ge1man Principles of Adminü,tration and Civil S ervi~

r nL b rR l t n nd lt r v rn nt hl f l
in Germany).
f n t n n rn n tr n p rt t n (b, , 4, nd 6 h ld b tr n
As far as the other Commissioners in the Four Years' Plan are con-
f rr d t th
n r l f r th R
ntr l ff f Tr n p rt t n. (F r th
l t n f th B ld n n , N . .
n r
cerned, the Commissioncr General for the Allocation of Labor and

2 . Z nlr l Pl nt n ( ntr l Pl nn n ff
his administrative head, the Inspector .General for Labor Supply
Th ff , nd r th d r t n f rn D l t f r th F r
(see CAD Guide: Organlzation of Labor Supply), could be replaced

t n
r Pl n, h
. f lf n t n
rv d t
f th
d pt
ff
r pr d
h
t nt
ld b tr n f rr d t th
h n n r
so far as necessary by the Central Office of Labor (see CAD Guide:

ntr l ff f n , rt ntr l n ntr l B rd
German Labor Relations and Military G<>vernment); while useful
f th lt r v rn nt.
functions concerning transportation (b, 1, 4, and 6) should be trans-

ferred to the Central Office of Transportation. ( For the Commissioner
28. R h n t r f rR t n nd r pr d t n (R h n
tr f r r nt nd r Pr d t n .
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nd r n z t n f th h l r n f r th p rp f xpl t
27. Zentrale Planung ( Central Planning Office)
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Years' Plan, has served to adapt war production to changing circum-
stances. Useful functions of this office should be transferred to the
Central Office of Economics, or to a Central Economic Control Board

of the Military Government.
.h th tr t. r
28. Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kreigsproduktion (Reich Min-

istry for Armaments and \Var Production)
This Ministry, originally concerned with armament production, was
reorganized in 1943 in order to ooncentrate and unify the control
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n z t n f th
N LL V L
n tr nd f lt b rd n t nt
A. NATIONAL LEVEL
.B r r t r n z t pn
1. Bureaucratio organizatipn
a. Zentralamt (Central Office)
. Z ntr l t( ntr l ff
b. R t n t( r nt ff
. t rt h ft nd F n nz n ( ff f r n nd F n n
b. Rüstungsamt ( Armament Office)
l tt r
c. Amt Wirtschaft wnd Finanzen (Office for Economic and Finan-

~ial Matters)
d. Pr d t n bt l n n (Pr d t n D p rt nt —
,( R h t ff t (R t r l
(2 R t n l f r n t( r nt ppl . d. Produktionsabteüwngen (Production Departments )-

( T hn f rR t n ntf rt n ( n n rn nR l
( l) Rohstoffamt (Raw Materials)

(2) Rüstungslieferungsamt (Armament Supply)
.t nt Fn h d b t t r l
(4 Pr d t n t f r V rbr h t r (Pr d t n f n
„.. pt n d (3) Technik für Rüstungsentfertigung (Engineering in Rela-

.( tB ( n tr t n
tion to Finished ·combat Material)

( 4) Produktionsamt für Verbrauchsgüter (Production of Con-
(6 t n r (P r ppl
, 2. t n t r
H pt h ( n tt bd v d d nt nd r
sumption Goods)
.
h
rp r t n
( p l tt
(5) Amt Bau ·(Construction)

.R t n nt r . . b. H.
(6) Amt Energie (Power Supply)
b. n r t r r ft . .
2. A utonomoU8 Seetor
0. F
d. H
t r ft t ff
r R t n
. .
r dt . .
Hauptausschüsse (Main Committees) subdivided into Sondera~
B. R N L R NZ T N
:'schiisse (Special Committees)
.B r r t t r
3. Corporations
b.
.R t n
hr r
n p
b
t
ftr
r ( r
t ( rp
nt n p
r D p t
t r
a. Rüstungskontor g. m. b. H.
.B zr nd b ftr t f rR t n n p t n (R n l
b. Generatorkraft A. G.
nd D p t f r r nt n p t n
o. Festkraftstoff A. G.
d. B
.R h
ftr t f r n r
rb t n n
b zr
r nd B z r
(P rD p t
rb t n tz n n r
d. Heeres-Rüstwngs Kredit A. G.
(R hL b r ppl n n r nd R n lL b r ppl n
n r
B. REGIONAL ORGANIZATION
. 1. Bwreaucratic Seetor
. n t ll n d R t n t (F ld ff f th r nt
a. Rüstungsinspekteure ( Armament Inspectors)

ff
. Tr n p rth pt n n nd Tr p rtb v ll d ht t
b d n r pp n (Tr n p rt n n nd Tr n p rt D p
b. Wehrkreisbeauftragte ( Corps Area Deputies)

c. Bezirks- und Gaubeauftraqte für Rüstwngsinspektion (Regional
t th th r p .
2. t n t r
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d. Beauftragte für Energiebezirke (Power Deputies)

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e. Reichsarbeitsingenieur und Bezirksa·rbeitseinaatzi:ngenieure
(Reich Labor Supply Engineer and Regional Labor Supply Engi-
neers)
f. Aussenstellen des Rüstungsamtes (Field Offices of the Armament

·Office)
.h th tr t. r
g. Tra_nsporthauptkommissionen und TranJportbevollmächtigte

bei'den Gruppen (Transport Main Commissions and Transport Depu-
ties with the Groups)
2. A utonomous sector
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a. A.ussenstellen (Field Offices) of the Reichsvereinigung Eisen
. 8 n t ll n (F ld ff f th R h v r rd n n
(Iron)
(r n
b. Rüstungsobmänner (Armament Chairmen) of the H(Jj/1,pt<ms-
6. R
h
t n
(
b
n
nn r ( r
tt f r
nt
h r
h r n
f n r
f th H n pt
nt n p
schüsse (Main Committees for Each Area of an Armament Inspec-
t n
tion)
.R txvn nv n n( r nt n
a. Rüstu,ngslcowmissionen (Armament Commissions)
Th
tr f r
rp r t n l t d nd r
r nt nd r Pr d
r
t n.
ll r
br f d
n z d b th
r pt n f
n
The corporations listed under A 3 were all organized by the Min-

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istry for Armaments and War Production. A brief description of
.R t n nt r . . b. H. t bl h d t rv ntr l
each is given below:

a. Rüstwngskontor g. m. b. H. was established to serve as a central
l rn ff f r th ll t n f t lt r nt pr d r . t
h r n h h ff l n th n tr .
b. n r t r r ft . . r n z d f r th p rp ffn n n
clearing office for the allocation of steel to armament producers. Its
th tr n f r t n fv h l n l df l nt v h l n
chairman is a high officia.l in the Ministry.

b. Generatorkraft A. G. was organized for the purpose of financing
pr d r . th pt l fnn ll n r . H lf f t
h r r n d b th R t nt r, th th r h lf r n db
th pr v t t b r nd tr . the transformation of vehicles using liquid-fuels into vehicles using

.F t r ft t ff h b n r n z d b " " nd "b." t ntr l th
producer-gas. lt has a capital of nine million marks. Half of its

shares are owned by the Rüstwngskontor, the other half are owned by
pr d t n f ldf l f r n r t r , nd h l r nz d
h n f f ll n t t n t p ll v r r n .
d. Th H r R t n r dt . . r n z d f r th p rp
the private timber industry.
f d
p
n t rn l n t r
nt.
r d t t th n f t r r f r
a. Festkraftstoff has been organized by "a" and "b." lt controls the

t t d th t th n fr f r r nt nd r Pr d
production of solid fuels for generutors, and has also orgunized a
t nb l n t d n f th n f th t t l r n r
chain of filling stations set up all over Germany.
ff rt, nd th t th
lv d nd l d t d,
b v nt n d
th r nd r p rt n nt pr v
rp r t n b
n
v nt
f th
ll d
r n
d. The Heeres-Rüstungs Kredit A. G. was organized for the purpose
l r nd r p ld r db .( D d : r n
of administering long-term credits to the manufacturers of army
Pr n pl f d n tr t n.
equipment.
Th f ll
f f lf n t n :
n r nd t n r d r rd n th tr n f r
lt is suggested that the Ministry for Armaments ancl War Produc-

l . ff f r n nd F n n l tt r : T th ntr l
tion be eliminated as one of the key agencies of the total German war
ff f n r p tv l fFn n .
efiort, and that the above-mentioned corporations be eventually dis-
(
d. Pr d
R
t n D p rt
t r l : T th
nt — .
ntr l ff f n .
solved and liquidated, either under pertinent provisions of the German
( n tr t n: th r t n ntr l ff f
law or under special decree issued by MG. (CAD Guide: German
H lth nd l lf r , th t bl h nt f
Principles of Administration.)
The following recommendations are made regn.rding the transfer
h h t d n th D d : r n
Pr n pl , t ., r t th ntr l ff f L b r,
t d n th D d :H n nd of useful functions:
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Ale. Office for Economic and F inancial Matters: To the Central

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B ld n t r l n r n .
Offices of Economics respectively of Finance.

(6 P r ppl : T th ntr l ff f Tr n p rt
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l tr P r t f r n .
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Realth and Social W elfare, the establishment of

.h th tr t. r
which is suggested in the CAD Guide: German

Prinoiples, etc., or to the Central Office of Labor,
as suggested in the CAD Guide: H ousing and
Building Materials in Germany.
(6) Power Supply: To the Central Office of Transporta-
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field of act ivity directly. (See CAD Guide:

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A2. Main Committees and Special Committees: Certain func-
2. n tt nd p l tt : rt n f n
tions may have to be transferred-e. g., Bau (Building
t n h v t b tr n f rr d— . ., B (B ld n Construction and Holzkonstruktion und Barracken
n tr t n nd H lz n tr n nd B rr n
(Wood Construction and Barracks)-to the Central

Office of Labor or to a new Central Office of Health and
( d n tr t n nd B rr —t th ntr l
ff fL b r rt n ntr l ff fH lth nd
l lf r . ( D d :H n nd B ld n
Social Welfare. · ( CAD Guide: H owing and Building
t r l .
M aterfols.)
b& . rp r t n nd p nt : Th f n t n f n
r t r r ft . . nd f F t r ft ff ll b f nd
A3b&c. Corporations and Equipments: The functions of Gen-
f l, nd h ld b pl d nd r th d n tr t n f th
era-torkraft A. G. aud of Festkraftsoff will be found use--
b
ntr l
.
ff f r Tr n p rt t n r t n v rdr tl
ful, and should be placed under the administration of the

Bl . L b r ppl n n r : T th L b r th r t ( D
Central Office for Transportation or taken over directly
d : r n t n fL b r ppl n r n , nd
by MG.
2 .R
r nL b rR l t n
h t ll f r d n
nd .
nh nd l (B h ff f rF r n Tr d
Ble. Labor Supply Engineers: To the Labor authorities (CAD
nd r th J nt J r d t n f th F r n ff nd f th Guides: Organization of Labor Supply in Germany, and
B h n tr f n
German Labor Relations and MG).

Th n , h h r pl d th Z ntr l t ll f r d n nh nd l
t x t d nd r th B p bl , r t d n t b r "t
29. Reichsstelle für den Aussenhandel (Reich Office for Foreign Trade)
pr
t." n
t f r
th
n tr d
rv d, t l
nd t d
t n p rt,
n t nf r
n n tr
t n p rt n n t
nt f th
under the Joint Jurisdiction of the Foreign Office and of the
f r n tr d p l f th N z r , t h ld b l n t d, hl
Reich Ministry of Economics
r
p rv
n xp rt nd
n f lt r
p rt h
v rn
ld b pl
nt. n
d
ntl , f r th t
d t l nd r th
This agency, which replaced the ZentralsteUe für den Auss&n.luLndel

b n , th r ll b n r f r th f n t n h th rt x r d b th
as it existed under the Republic, was created in October 1933 "to
n f rd n t n b t n th F r n ff nd th B h
promote foreign trade and to disseminate information pertaining to
Th
n tr f
f l nf r
n .
t n lf n t n f th B h ff f rF r n
it." Since it has served, at least in part, as an instrument of the
Tr d , h v r, p rt l rl n nn t n th th p bl t n f
foreign-trade policy of the Naziregime, it should be eliminated, while
th N hr ht n f r d n nh nd l (F r n Tr d J rn l ,
German export and import should be placed immediately under the

b tr n f rr d t th
. Rl LT R ND F R
ntr l
TR
ff f n .
supervision of Military Government. Consequently, for the time

being, there will be no room for the function hitherto exercised by the
0. R h n hr t nd (B hF d t t , th n th B h n tr
agency of coordination between the Foreign Office and the Reich

Ministry of Economics.
fF d nd r lt r
t bl h d n , h n th P rt nd v r dt r n z th
h l p p l t n l n pr f n lln n" t t ," th B hF d The useful informational functions of the Reich Office for Forei~
t t pr ll nd v d l nd r nz t n n rn d th
Trade, however, particularly in connection with the publication of

the Nachrwhten für den Aussenhandel (Foreign Trade Journal), may
th pr d t n nd d tr b t n f r lt r l dt . th
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E. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

30. Reichsnährstand (Reich Food Estate), within the Reich Ministry

.h th tr t. r
of Food and Agriculture

Established in 1933, when the Party endeavored to organize the
whole populntion along professional lines in "Estates," the Reich Food
Estate comprises all individuals and organizations concerned with
the production and distribution of agricultural commodities. With
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rank and by Party functionaries, it has become the embodin;ient of
Nazism in the administration of agriculture and food. While it shou]d
r n
N z
nd b P rt f n t n r
n th d n tr t n f
, th
r
b
lt r nd f
th
d.
b d
hl t h
nt f
ld
be eliminated as a distinct institution a.nd while its name must be
b l n t d d t n t n t t t n nd hl t n tb
abolished, its important function of providing food for the people
b l h d, t p rt nt f n t n f pr v d n f d f r th p pl
will have to be continued by the Central Office of Food and Agricul•
t r ,
ll h v t b
t d n th
nt n d b th
D d
ntr l
:F
ff
d d
fF d nd
n tr t n D r n
r l
ture, as suggested in the CAD Guides: Food Adnnin-istration During

th P r d f p t n, r nz t n fL b r ppl n r n ,
the Period of Occupation, Organization of Labor Supply in Germany,
nd r n Pr n pl f d n tr t n, t .
and German Principl.es of Administration, etc.
.R h f r t t—R h j d t (R hF r tr ff —R h
ff f r nd ld L f
31. Reichsforstamt-Reichsjagdamt (Reich Forestry Office-Reich
Th ff t bl h d n J l , 4, " pr R h
Office for Game and Wild Life)

th r t " n h r ff r tr , pr t t n f ld l f , nd l r
tt r . t r t n f ll d th N z l n f p l d n tr t v
This office was established in July, 1934, as a "Supreme Reich Au•
t p , nd l d t th d r t t f th v n t f rn .
thority" in charge of forestry, protection of wild life, and similar

Th r
fF d nd
n n df r
r lt r ,
p
h h
lR h
ld t
n b
v r th
d th
p rv
ntr l
n f
ff
matters. Its creation followed the Nazi line of special administrative

th f ld, hl h f th t l d n tr t n ht b l ft t
setups, and was also due to the desire to satisfy the vanity of Goering.
th t t , rd n t r n t .
There is no need for a special Reich agency beside the Central Office
of Food and Agriculture, which could take over the supervision of
2. F r t nd H lz rt h ft t r( F r tr nd T b r
ff tt h d t th Pr v n l v rn r n Pr nd t .
rr p nd n th r t n th r t t — nd r th j r d this field, while much of the actual administration might be left to

t n f th R hF r tr ff
the States, according to German custom.

Th ff r r t d b th r n D r . Th h v
d v l p d fr rt l, h b r r th R h nd th t t
32. 19 Forst-und Hob:wlrtschaksämter (19 Forestry and Timber
t b r
n r
r
f th l r
t. Th r
tf r
l rf r
t . Th r p rp
tr ff n th
t r
v r l t t
l t th
Offices) attached to the Provincial Governors in Prussia and to

ld t r f th tvt . n f r th r l t n f d
corresponding authorities in other States-under the jurisdic-
tt n n rn d, th h n r n ft r th r ll
tion of the Reich Forestry Office
pl t l n p l n r n n .
. 4 L nd 4 nd r j r t r (4 L nd t r
These offices were created by the War Economy Decree. They have
H nt n, 4 t r H nt n, nd nt t r
developed from a cartel, whose members were the Reich and the States
H nt n
as owners of the largest forests. Their purpose is to regulate the

Th b rd n t n h ld b d lv d n n f
th l n t n f th R h j d t (N . . Th r f n t n n
timber marke.t . The regular forestry offices in the several States
b x r d b th t ff f th f r tr d n tr t n, r nz d
could take care of this activity. Insofar as the regulation of wood•
t
F r
b f r th
r lt r
r
l
t n f th R
F r nh r t n
h ff .
rt , N . ,F r
cutting is concerned, the housing emergency after the war will make
r Pl n (N . 26, , 2 nd 4 nd N . 0 .
a completely new policy necessary in any case.
33. 4 Landes- 47 Gau~und 973 Kreisjägermeister ( 4 Land :Master•
F. B lLDlN ND H lN
pl t b lt n
Huntsmen, 47 Ga.u Master.Huntsmen, and 973 County Master

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L nz ( n p t r n r l f r th n tr t n f th R h
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These subordinute agencies should be dissolved as a consequence of
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the elimination of the Reichsjagdamt (No. 31). Their functions can

be exercised by the staff of the forestry administration, organized as
it was before the creation of the Reich office.

For Agriculture see also Farm Inheritance Courts, No. 57, Four
.h th tr t. r
Years' Plan (No. 26, a, 2 and 4) and No. 103.

F. BUILDING AND HOUSING
Complete Abolition
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These ·offices were set up by Hitler, with the aim of increasing his
Th
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glory by the construction of impressive streets and buildings in Berlin,
n h, nd L nz, t h h h v "h t r l" t n th h
Munich, and Linz, cities which ha.ve "historical" associations with bis
r r. Th r t h v n th n t d th th n r f n t n
career. Their tasks have nothing to do with the nec~ry function
f r b ld n th
l n t n
t
th Tr n f r f
d tr db
f lF n t n
t f r. ( N . 6.
of rebuilding the cities destroyed by acts of war. (See No. 36.)

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e r of Useful Fundfons
. n r lb v ll ht t r f r d R l n d rB rt h ft (
n r n r l f r th R l t n f th B ld n n
Th ff t bl h d n 8. t f lf ll t f n t n :(
35. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Regelung der Bauwirtschaft (Com-
"r t n l z t n" f b ld n n tr t n, nd (2 ll t n f b ld missioner General for the Regulation of the Building Econ-
n t r l ( r n, t b r, nt t v r n tr t nfr nd
omy)
d n tr t v n . Th ff l nt r t d nt th F r
r Pl n ( N . 26, b, . t h ld b l n t d t p l
This office was established in 1938. It fulfills two functions : (1)
r n , hl ntr l v r b ld n t r l b tr n f rr d
~'rationalization" of building construction, and (2) allocation of build-

1ng materials (iron, timber, cement) to various construction firms and
th r t th ntr l th r t f l b r nd n ( D d :
H n nd B ld n t r l n r n r t th pr j t d n
tr l ff fH lth nd l lf r ( D d : r n Pr n
administrative agencies. The office is also integrated into the Four
pl , t ..
Years' Plan (see No. 26, b, 1). lt should be eliminated as a typical

war agency, while control over building materials may be transferred
6. R h hn n r (R hH n n r
Th n t bl h d n t b r 42, th R b rt L
n r. t t h b n th r nz t n fh n nd r either to the central authorities of labor and economics (CAD Guide :

th p t f th n r n l d tr r lb b n . Th
HOU8ing and Building Materials in Germany) or to the projected Cen-

l t r, h rv t r n l nt , r ll d n th p t
hn n r ( H n r .D btl th
tral Office of Health and Social Welfare ( CAD Guide : German Pr/,n-
h n t t n ll b n f th t r l pr bl th h h
ciples, etc.).
lt r v rn nt ll b f d, nd th f n t n f th R h
H n n r t n t nl b nt n d, b t xp nd d.
36. Reichswohnungskommissar (Reich Housing Commissioner)
t
f ld, h
t d th t th
v r, h h
b tr n f rr d,
ld b l ft t th
nN .
nt tv fl
b v . n th
l th r t
This agency was established in October 1942, with Robert Ley as
nd r th p rv n f lt r v rn nt.
Commissioner. Its task has been the organization of housing under
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the impact of the increasingly disastrous aerial bombing. The Gau-

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n t n
n r ln p
th Tr n f r f
t rf rd tr
f lF n t n
n n(n p t r n r l f
leiter, who serve as its regional agents, are called in this capacity Gau-
R d
wohnungskommissare ( Gau Housing Commissars). Doubtless thei
Th ff r t dt ntr l th n tr t n fr d (
housing situation will be one of the most crucial problems with which
Military Government will be fuced, and the functions of the Reich
t n , nt h h th " r n z t n T dt" h pp r ntl b n n
rp r t d , th nt n n f ll h h n d b th n t n l
v rn nt ( t n L , nd lt r n tr t n br d. Housing Commissioners must not only be continued, but expanded.

t n L (R hH h h ld b tr n f rr d t th ntr l
lt is suggested that they be transferred, as in No. 35 above. In this

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tr t n, nd Th d n tr t n f r nR d nd t r Tr n
field, however, much should be left to the initiative of local authorities
under the supervision of Military Governn'lent.
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37. Generalinspektor für das Strassenwesen (lnspector General of

.h th tr t. r
Roads)
This office was created to control the construction of roads ( Sec-
tion A, into which the "Organization Todt" has apparently been in-
corporated), the maintenance of all highways owne<l by the national
government (Section L), and military constructions abroad.
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Section L (Reich Highways) should be transferred to the Central

Office of Transportation ( CAD Guides: German Principles of Admin-
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porta). The field plant and equipment of the Todt Organization ( Sec-
p rt . Th f ld pl nt nd p nt f th T dt r nz t n(
tion A), togeth.er with such parts of its staff as may be found acceptable
t n
ft r N z
,t
l
th r th
nt h v b
h p rt
n th r
f t t ff
hl p r d,
b f
ht b
nd
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pt bl
after Nazi elements have been thoroughly purged, might be utilized

f r r n t b lt r v rn nt, t n thr h h
for emergency tasks by Military Government, acting through such a
ntr l n r n t f nd ppr pr t .
central agency or agencies as it finds appropriate.

8. R h rf r h ff hrt (R h n rf r n
h pp n 38. Reichskommissar für Seeschiffahrt (Reich Commissioner for Ocean

Th n l t bl h d n n th h h t th r t n t
Shipping)
t r f n h pp n nd h , th r f r , p r d d th R h n
tr f tr n p rt t n n th r p t. t f n t n h ld b tr n This newly established agency is now the highest authority in mat-

f rr d t th ntr l ff f Tr n p rt t n, h h ll h v t
ters of ocean shipping nnd has, therefore, superseded the Reich Min-
istry of transportation in this respect. lts functions should be trans-
b ntr ll d b th ppr pr t ll d th r t ( D d :
r n Pr n pl , t ., nd Th r n r h nt rn .
. r rb t n h ft tr nv r hr ( r r n ferred to the Central Office of Transportation, which will have to

n tr
n t f r tr t Tr ff
f Tr n p rt t n
nd r th j r d t n f th R h
be controlled by the appropriate Allied authorities ( CAD Guides:

Th n nt f r d n tr t v p rp th ntr l r n
German Principles, etc., and The German M erchant Marine).
39. Kriegsarbeitsgemeinschaft Strassenverkehr ('Var Working Com~
z t n nd th d tr t n t f th t rn hv r hr ( rb n nd
b rb n Tr n p rt t n t n th th R h r ft n
b tr b v rb nd (R h t nf r t r V h l Tr ff . t
munity for Street Traffic) under the jurisdiction of the Reich
d t t d v r nd ll t v h l rr r , nd t rd n t
Ministry of Transportation
th th th r ff rt. Th ff h h ld b l n t d b t
lt r v rn nt d r t nt n f th f n t n
This agency unites for administrative purposes the central organi-
nd t d pt th t th f t tr n p rt t n p l . n th
zation and the district units of the Güternahverkehr (Urban and

Suburban Transportation Association) with the Reichs-K'l'aftwagen-
th ld b tr n f rr d t th r l r tr n p rt t n th r
t , bj tt ll d d r t n.
40. 2 B v ll ht t f r d n N hv r hr (D l t f r rb n nd betriebsverband ( Reich Association for Motor V ehicle Traffic). Its

b rb n Tr n p rt t n nd r th j r d t n f th R h
duty is to discover and allocate vehicular resources, and to coordinate

them with the war effort. The office as such should be eliminated; but
n tr f Tr n p rt t n
n d l t f r rb n nd b rb n tr n p rt t n rv h
t t , x pt n th f Pr , h r th r d l t f r h Military Government may desire to continue some of the functions

pr v n . Th d l t pr v d f r th rd n t n f tr n p r
and to adapt them to the uses of its transportation policy. In this

t t nf lt th n th r d tr t , p ll tr t r, b , nd
tr ln , n h t f rth r th r ff rt. t t d
case they could be transferred to the regular transportation authori-
th t th r f n t n b tr n f rr d, nN . b v .
ties, subject to Allied direction.
4 . n r ln p t r f r r ftf hr n(n p t r n r lf r t r
Tr n p rt
40. 25 Bevollmächtigte für den Nahverkehr (Delegates for Urban and
Th ff t bl h d n 42, n dd t n t th t f th
Suburban Transportation) under the jurisdiction of the Reich

Ministry of Transportation
n r n r lf r t r Tr n p rt ( n r lb v ll ht t r
f rd r ftf hr n— 26, , . tr t d " ld f ht r"

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One delegate for urban and suburban transportation serves each

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tr t n f r nR d nd t r Tr n p rt, th f lf n t n
State, except in the case of Prussia, where there is a delegate for each
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truck lines, in such ways as to further the war effort. lt is suggested
that their functions be transferred, as in No. 39 above.

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41. Generalinspektor für Kraftfahrwesen (Inspector General for Motor

Transport)
This office was established in 1942, in addition to thnt of the Com-
missioner General for Motor Transport ( General,bevollmä.chtigtf-1'
für das Kraftfahrwesen)-see 26, c, 1. A trusted "old fighter" was
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portation. For transportation see also Four Years' Plan (No. 26, c,
p rt t n. F r tr n p rt t n l F r r Pl n (N . 26, ,
1, 3 and 4), Reich Ministry for Armaments and W.ar Production

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(N . 28, B
nd 4 , R h
nd
n tr f r
vl v t n "H."
r nt nd r Pr d t n
(No. 28, Blg) and Civil Aviation "H."

H. lVlL Vl Tl N ND lR R lD PR T Tl N
*
H. CIVIL AVIATION AND AIR-RAID PROTECTION
pl t l n t n
42. R h n t lt f r L ft h tz (R h n tt t f r r R d Pr
Complete Ellmlnatlon
t t n
4 .R h l ft h tzb nd (R hL f r r R d Pr t t n
42. Reichsanstalt für Luftschutz: (Reich Institute for Air-Raid Pro-
B th th b v n r nd r th j r d t n f th R h tection)
n tr f v t n. N th r n ll h v n r nf r x t
n h n th r nd d. Th L h b p bl r n
43. Reichsluftschutzbund (Reich League for Air-Raid Protection) ·
z t n f p l r h r t r, n t th d t n nd
Both the above agencies are under the jurisdiction of the Reich
Ministry of Aviation. Neither agency will have any reason for exist-
r n z t n f th h l p p l t n f r th p rp f r r d pr
t t n. t th r hl N z f d. ( D d : Pr p rt f th
N z P rt , t ff l t , b r , nd pp rt r . ence when the war is ended. The League has become a public organ-
ization of a semicompulsory character, aiming at the education and

44. R h l ftf hrt n t r (R h n tr f v t n
Th n tr , h d db rn , t bl h d n nd
organization of the whole population for the purpose of air-raid pro-
n h r f vl ll lt r v t n. ll n f r tr n
tection. lt is thoroughly Nazified. ( CAD Guide: Property of th8
p rt t n h
f p t n, nd r d r
ld b t th d p
t ntr l f th
l nd, t l
lt r
t d r n th f r t p r d
v rn nt. n
Nazi Party, lts Affeliates, M embers, and Supporters.)
l t r t , vl v t n nd r th j r d t n f th
tr n p rt t n th r t , hl t n f nt rn t n l v t n,
44. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reich Ministry of Aviation)

f r r n n rn d, h ld b h ndl d b th ppr pr t
ll d th r t .( D d : r n Pr n pl f d n
tr t n.
This Ministry, headed by Goering, was established in 1933 and is

in charge of civil as well as military aviation. AU means of air trans-
4 . L ft t r( r ff
Th r th R n l ff f th n tr f v t n:
n b r portation should be at the disposal and, at least during the first period
B rl n
of occupation, under direct control of the Military Government. In.

a later stage, civil aviation may come under the jurisdiction of the
H b r
t tt n
H n v r transportation authorities, while questions of international aviation,

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as far as Germany is concerned, should be handled by the appropriate

Allied authorities. (CAD Guide: German Principles of Admmis-
Br l
n t r
N rnb r
tration.)
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45. Luftämter (Air Offices)
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Hamburg Breslau Cologne Munich
Th t n v n n N . 44 b v ld ppl l t th
ff .
46. D t h L fth n . .( r n rLn

Stettin Münster Frankfurt/M.
The suggestions given in No. 44 above would apply also to these
p bl rp r t n nd r th p rv n f th n tr f
.h th tr t. r
v t n, th L fth n . ., h n x l v n p l f vl r
tr n p rt t n. t h ld b l n t d, b t t f lf n t n
offices. ·
tr n f rr d d r tl t th lt r v rn nt F r r nn
n h th rt nd r th j r d t n f th R h n tr f
46. Deutsche Lufthansa A. G. ( German.Air Line)
v t n, pp nd x, N . 2.
A public corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of

Aviation, the Lufthansa A. G., has an exclusive monopoly of civil air
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1. WATER AND POWER
. T R ND P R
47. Generalinspektor für Wasser und Energie (Inspector General for
4 . n r ln p t rf r r nd n r (n p t r n r lf r
t r nd P r
Th ff r t d n 4 t rd n t ll ff rt nd ll n
W ater and Power)
This office was created in 1941 to coordinate all efforts and all agen-
n th f ld f t r ntr l, nl nd t r , pl nn n nd d
v l p nt f th t r t nd f p r. F r th p rp
th j r d t n f th n tr f n nr rd t th p r ci.e~ in the fields of water control, inland waterways, planning and de-
nd tr , nd th t f th n tr f r F d nd r lt r nr rd
velopment of the waterway system and of power. For this purpose

the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economics in regard to the power
t t r n , r tr n f rr d t th n p t r n r lf r t r
nd P r. Th f n t n f th D v n t r h ld b
tr n f rr d t th ntr l ff f Tr n p rt t n, th f th D industry, and that of the Ministry for Food and Agriculture in regard
v n t r nd P r n t th ntr l ff f n
to water economy, were transferred to the Inspector General for Water

a:nd Power. The functions of the Division Waterways should be.
( D d : r n Pr n pl , t ., Th d n tr t n f r
n nl nd t r , nd l tr P r t f r n .
( l R h n tr f r r nt nd r Pr d t n (N . transferred to the Central Office of Transportation, those of the Di-

28, ld6 nd B d.
vision Water and Power Economy to the Central Office of Economics

{CAD Guides: Germa,n Principles, etc., The Admini,stratwn of Ger-·
J. L B R ND NP R PPL
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48. R h tr h nd r d r rb t (R h Tr t fL b r nd r th
man /ruand Waterways, and E lectric Power Systems of Germany).
j r d t n f th R
ll tv b r nn b t
h n tr
n
fL b r
pl r nd l b r h b n r pl d
(See also Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (No.
n th Th rd R hb th r t t v d n. Th L b r Tr t
28, Ald6 and Bld.)
J. LABOR AND MANPOWER SUPPLY
ntr t d th th f n t n r pr nt th nt r t f th r n
n t b th pl r nd l b r. ( D d : r nz t n fL
b r ppl n r n , nd d pt t n f d n tr t n n th
Complete Abolition
R n l L v l.
L t f th tr t : '48. Reichstreuhänder der Arbeit (Reich Trustees of Labor) under the

t Pr l . ft ^ Bf r^ .*
jurisdiction of the Reich Ministry of Labor ·

Collective bargaining between employer and labor has been replaced
D nz t Pr .— . D nz
rth l nd P
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n
n^f T * T Br m the Third Reich by authoritative decision. The Labor Trustees

pp r l — . tt tz
entrusted with this function represent the interest of the war economy.
against both employer and labor. ( CAD Guides : Organization of La-
Br ttd b r .LT. | ^J Ll B rl rjn*
P r n 4— 4\ l Ld r Lj lLX t tt n
N rd r .: H b r
bor Supply in Germ,a1ny, and Adaptatwn of Administration 011, the
L r
tph l
x n H n v r
L r Rh n n
Regional Level.}
Rh n l nd j ^.^r.f rf BH f^.4j^^.tlt nrr. , l n
List of the trustees :
t r^, ~ . . . rbr n
East Prussia______________________ __________ Königsberg
Danzig-West Prussia ________________________ Danzig 1
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Lower Silesia______________________ _ _______ Breslau
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Upper Silesia_______________________________ Kattowiti

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Brandenberg_______________________________ Berlin
th t r n rl r h .
Pomerania----------------------- ---------- Stettin

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Nordmark __________________________ ________ Hamburg

L t d f r th f pl t n .
Lower Saxony______________________________ Hanover

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Westphalia-Lower Rhine __________________ __ Essen

Rhineland __________________________________ Cologne
Westmark__________________________________ Saarbrücken
Hesse ________________ _____________ _________ Frankfnrt/ M.
Mittelelbe________________ __ ________________ Madgeburg .
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49. Ehrengerichte und Reichsehrengerichtshof nach dem Gesetz zur
Ordnung der nationalen Arbeit (Honor Courts and Reich Honor
4 . hr n r ht nd R h hr n r ht h f n hd tz z r
rdn n d r n t n l n rb t (H n r rt nd R hH n r
Court, according to the Act for the Organization of National
rt, rd n t th t f r th r nz t n fN t n l
Labor) under the jurisdiction of the Reich Ministry of Labor
L b r nd r th j r d t n f th R h n tr fL b r
Th "H n r rt " r p rt f th N z n pt n f th These "Honor Courts" are a part of the Nazi conception of the
"pl nt n t ," h hh l dt nd f nd tr l rfd f
· "plant community," which hns led to a kind of industrial serfdom of

the workers. (See CAD Guide: Oourta a1Ul, Judi.cial Adminütratii>n
th r r .( D d : rt nd J d l d n tr t n
n r n .
l n t n th Tr n f r f f lF n t n in Germany.) ·
0. Z ntr l n p t nf rd B tr n l nd h r rb t r ft
( ntr l n p t n f r th p rv n fF r nL b r
Elimination With Transfer of Useful Fundlons
Th n f th ff l rl nd t t f n t n. ( vl
ff r d : r nz t n fL b r ppl . H v r, th r rd
50. Zentralinspektion für die Betreuung ausländischer Arbeltskrafte

(Centra.l Inspection for the Supervision of Foreign Labor)
f th n ll b f lt lt r v rn nt n rr n
thr h th p rt nt t ft n r f th f r n r r nd
r
t n th r r p tr t n. (
fF r n vl n r r .
D d : R p tr t n nd
The name of the office clearly indicates its f unction. ( See Civil
. rb t d t r ( L b r x h n ff nd r th j r
Affairs Guide: Orgcmization of Labor Supp"l;y.) However, the records
d t n f th R h n tr fL b r
of this agency will be useful to Military Government in carrying

n 42, th
pl nt ff
L nd rb t
r r pl
t r (R
db b
n lL b r x h n
t 0 L b r x h n
r
through the important task of taking care of the foreign workers and
ff f r th p rp f l r p r t n th th P rt n t n to assist in their repatriation. (See CAD Guide: Repatriation <md,
f np r. n th t d pp r n d n tr t v nt
Oare of Foreign Oivüian Workers.)

( D d :T t r l nt t b db lt r v rn nt ,
th ff h ld b l n t d, b t t n r pl d b th f r r
51. Gauarbeitsämter (Gau Labor Exchange Offices) under the juris-
r nz t n nd r n d L nd rb t t r( D d : r
diction of the Reich Ministry of Labor

nz t n fL b r ppl , d pt t n f d n tr t n n th
R n l L v l, nd n pl nt p n t n n r n .
In 1942, the 13 Landesarbeitsämter (Regional Labor Exchange or
R
2. Z ntr l t ll f r d
rd nd r th j r d t n f th
rf n
n tr
n( ntr l
f th
ff
nt r r
f r Dr ft
Employment Offices) were replaced by about 30 Gau Labor Exchange

Th ff t bl h d b th lt r L ( hr tz f
Offices for the purpose of closer cooperation with the Party in questions
. t t h b nt t bl h pl t l t f th l p p l
of man power. Since the Gau is to disappear as an administrative unit
t n n
h ld b
rt n
l n t d
r p f r dr ft p rp
hl t fl nd r
.
rd , h h
r n
nt n v l
, t
bl
(CAD Guide: Ter1itorial, Units tobe Used by Müitary Government),
nf r t n, h ld b db lt r v rn nt. F r L b r
these offices should be eliminated, but at once replaced by the former
l n r n r l nd n p t r n r l f r th ll t n
organizations and renamed Landesarbeitsämter (CAD Guides: Or-

f L b r (F
r nt
r
nd
r Pl n, N . 26 b 6
r Pr d t n (N . 28, Bl —L b r
nd R h n tr f r
ppl n
gardzation of Labor Supp"l;y, .Adaptation of Ad'171Mli,stration <>n the
n r .
Regional, Level, and U11employ1nent Oompensation in Germany).
52. Zentralstelle für das Erfassungswesen ( Central Office for Draft
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This ofli.ce was established by the Military Law ( W ehrgeseti}' of

1935. Its task has been to establish complete lists of the male popula-
t.ion in certain age groups for draft purposes. As a war agency, it
should be eliminated; while its flies and records, which contain valuable
information, should be used by Military Government. For Labor see
.h th tr t. r
also Commissioner General and Inspector General for the Allocation

of Labor (Four Years' Plan, No. 26 b 6) and Reich Ministry for
Armaments and War Production (No. 28, Ble--Labor Supply En-
gineers).
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. P BLl H LTH Complate Abolition
pl t b lt n
. n r ln p t rf r nt t n(n p t r n r lf r n
53. Generalinspektor für Sanitätswesen (Inspector General for Sani-
t t n nd H
Th p
lth
l r
rv
n , t bl h d f r th p rp fr n l
tation and Health Service)
n th nt r t f th lt r h lth d n tr t n th th f
This is a special war agency, established for the purpose of reconcil-
th R
h
h
lth. Th f n t n
n tr f th
f th
nt r r
n
h hh
ll b
h r f
p rfl
v l n p bl
t th
ing the interests of the military health administration with those of
nd f th r. ( D d : r n Pr n pl , t .
the Reich Ministry of the Interior which has charge of civilian public
4. R h h f rV l ndh t d n t (R h tt
health. The functions of this agency will become superfluous at the
f r P bl
th nt r r
H lth nd r th j r d t n f th n tr f
end of the war. ( CAD Guide: German Principles, etc.)

Th tt t bl h d t rv th " nl ht n nt nd
54. Reichsausschuss für Volksgesundheitsdienst (Reich Committee

d
th pr
t n f th
t n f
r np
nd h r d t
pl n ll
nd f r
t n
lp rt
fh lth, p rt
rd n t
l rl
for Public Health) under the jurisdfotion of t he Ministry of

N t n l l t pr n pl ." F r H lth l N . 8, 8 ( nd
the Interior
H r dt
L. J Tl
rt .
ND L
This Committee was established to serve the "enlightenment and
pl t b lt n
education of the German people in all questions of health, particularly
.V l r ht h f (P pl rt nd r th j r d t n f th
the promotion of sound heredity and of racial purity according to

National Socialist principles." For Health see also Nos. 78, 58 (Sound
R h n tr fJ t
Th p l rt, t bl h d b th N z r f r th tr l f
tr n nd h h tr n , h h r r v d fr th j r Heredity Courts).
d t n f th R h pr rt, h b n f th tf r
d bl n tr nt fl l z d t rr r. ( D d : rt nd L. JUSTICE AND LAW

J d l d n tr t n n r n nd d n tr t n f r n l
J t nd r . Complete Abolition
6. nd r r ht ( p l rt nd r th j r d t n f th
R h n tr fJ t
55. Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) under the jurisdiction of the
Th rt r t bl h d t tr h r fp lt l r th r
Reich Ministry of J ustice

th n th h h b f r th V l r ht h f. Th h v b n
n tr nt f r th p r t n f pp n nt f th r .( D This special court, established by the Nazi -regime for the trial of
d : d n tr t n f r n lJ t .
treason and high treason cases, which were removed from the juris-
.R h rbh f r ht, L nd rbh f r ht, rbh f r ht , nd
n rb n r ht (R hF r nh r t n rt, Pr n
r.liotion of the Reich Suprema Court, has become one of the most for-
pr F r nh r t n rt n ll F r nh r t n midable· instruments of legalized terror. (CAD Guides: Omtrts aml,
rt , nd L lF r nh r t n rt
Judicial Administration in Germany and Administration of Oriminal,

Th R hF r nh r t n rt nd r th j r d t n f th
R h n tr fF d nd r lt r th th r rt , nd r th t
Justice under MG. )
56. Sondergerichte (Special Courts) under the jurisdiction of the
f th R h n tr fJ t . t bl h d f r th nf r nt
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These courts were established to try charges of political crimes other

than those which go before the Volksgerichtshof. They have been
instruments for the persecution of opponents of the regime. (See CAD
Guide: Administration of Oriminal Justice.)

.h th tr t. r
57. Reichserbhofgericht, Landeserbhofgericht, Erbhofgerichte, und

Anerbengerichte (Reich Farm Inheritance Court, Prussian Su-
preme Farm Inheritance Court-in-Celle-Farm Inheritance
Courts, and Local Farm Inheritance Courts)
The Reich Farm Inheritance Court is under the jurisdiction of the
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of the Reich Ministry of J ustice. Established for the enforcement

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phy of "blood and soil," which gives the peasant a special stat\1s.
ph f "bl d nd l," h h v th p nt p l t t .
(CAD Guides: O()'ll,rts, etc., and A.grictdtural HoUinga a/n,d, the Laio
( D d : rt , t ., nd r lt r l H ld n nd th L -0f Hereditary Estates).
fH r dt r t t .
8. rb ndh t b r r ht ( pp l rt f r " nd H r d t "

58. Erbgesundheitsobergerichte (Appeal Courts for "Sound Heredity"
tt r nd rb ndh t r ht (" nd H r d t "
Matters) and Erbgesundheitsgerichte ("Sound Heredity"
Th f r
rt nd r th j r d t n f th
r r tt h d t th b rl nd
n tr fJ
r ht (
t
rt f p
Courts) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice
p l , nd th l tt r t th t r ht (l l rt . Th
The former are attached to the Oberlandesgerichte ( courts of ap-
b th
rt nf r
t rlz t nL
th p l
f
r
. Th
t rlz t n
br t n f th
r pr v d d f r
l r
peals), and the latter to the Amtsgerichte (loeal courts). These
nd d n th D d : l n t n f F nd nt l N P lt
courts enforce the compulsory sterilization measures provided for
lL , nd d n tr t n f r n r n lJ t nd r .
by the Sterilization Law of 1933. The abrogation of this law is recom-
b
.
(Br nd nb r
n h ft l r(
nd r th j r d t n f th
nt p H n
n tr
rrl, n
f
rJ t r
mended in the CAD Guides: E limination of Fwndamental Nazi Politi-

J t
cal Laws, and Administration of German Oriminal J'U,Stice under MG.
59. Gemeinschaftslager (Community Camp) Hans .K errl, near Jüter-
Th n tt t n p f r th d l l tr n n f n
l r , h h n pr r t f r l l r r.
60. R h rf rd B h ndl n f ndl h n V r n bog (Brandenburg) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of
(R
t n f th
h
n tr
rf r n
fJ t
Pr p rt nd r th j r d
Justice
F rr nd t n n rn n pr p rt h ld " n pr p This institution is a camp for the ideological training of young
rt " b th ff , D d :F r n Pr p rt n r n .
lawyers, which is now a prerequisite for a legal career.

6 . d f rd t h R ht ( d f r r nL nd r
th j r d t n f th n tr f th nt r r nd J t
60. Reichskommissar für die Behandlung feindlichen Vermögens
Th
l ,
n tt t n
th th bj
t bl h d n
t f b ld n p n
,
r
rp r t n f p bl
nl rd n t
(Reich Commissar for Enemy Property) under the jurisdic-
N z d l .( D d : Pr rv t n nd f R rd ,
tion of the Ministry of Justice
nd
lt r l n t t t n
r nH h r d
n r
t n nd d lt d
n .
t n, pp nd x:
For recommendations concerning property held as "enemy prop-

. PR P ND
erty" by this office, see CAD Guide: Foreign Property in Germany.
61. Akademie für deutsches Recht (Academy for Gennan Law) under
pl t b lt n
62. R h n t r f rV l f l r n nd Pr p nd (R h
n tr f r P p l r nl ht n nt nd Pr p nd the jurisdiction of the Ministries of the Interior and J ustice

Th
d
N z
l
r
. t pr p r
t d n tr h
nd pr
b
d pr p
n th tv
nd , nfl n
nt r f N z
p bl
This institution was established in 1933, as a corporation of public
p n n, nd ntr l ll f ld f l t r t r , rt, nd j rn l .
law, with the object of building up a new Genna.n law according to
Th l n t n f th n tr h ld b f ll d b th t f l t
Nazi ideology. (CAD Guides : Preservatwn and Use of Key Records,

and Germ.an Higher Education and A.wult Edtucation, A.p-pendü»:
ll n t t t n nd r t j r d t n r p rv n. rt n x p
t n r l t dh pp nd x, N . n ll t n , r hv , nd
Th t r . Oultural I nstitutions in Germany).

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Complete Abolition
62. Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (Reich
Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda)

This Nazi-created Ministry has been the most vicious center of Nazi
.h th tr t. r
ideology. lt prepares and spreads propaganda, influences public

opinion, and controls all fields of literature, art, and journalism.
The elimination of the Ministr y should be followed by that of almost
all institutions under its jurisdiction or supervision. Certain excep-
tions are listed l!i Appendix, No. 1 on Collections, Archives, and
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Theaters.
All units listed below Nos. 63- 79 are under the jurisdiction of the
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63. Reichspropagandaämter ( Reich Propaganda.Offices)
(
· These are the regional offfoes wliich carry through the policy an<J
( 0:
the commands of the Ministry within the Gmte. (CAD Guides: Adap-
6 .R h pr p nd d t r ( h Pr p nd ff
tation of Germ.an Propaganda 0Wttr.ol8, and Adaptation. of Adtmin-

i8tration on ~he Regional Level) : ~ · '
Th r th r n l ff h h rr thr h th p l nd
th nd f th n tr th n th ( D d : d p
t t n f r n Pr p nd ntr l , nd d pt t n f d n
(1) Foreign Countries_____________________ B erlin
tr t n n th R n lL v l: (2) Baden_______________________________ Strassburg
( F r
(2 B d n tr
n ntr
b r
B rl n
(3) Bayreuth _____________________________ B ayreuth

( B r th B r th
( 4) Berlin_______________________________ Berlin
) .
(4 B rl n B rl n
(5) Danzig-W est Prussia,_________________ Danzig

( D nz t Pr D nz
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(6 D ld rf D ld rf
(6) Düsseldorf______________ ~------------ D üsseldorf
( n n
(7) E ssen________________________________ Essen
(8 Fr n n N rnb r
(8) Franken ______________ ___ ____________ Nürnberg

H ll r b r H ll l
H b r H b r
(9) Halle-Merseburge_____________________ Halle/Saale
( H N Fr n f rt n
(10) H amburg ______ ____ __________ _______ H amburg
( 2
(
l
rh
n
n
h n
l
l n
(11) H esse-Nassau _______________ _________ F rankfurt/Main

( 4 d b r nh lt D
(12) Cologne-Aachen______ _!. __ ___________ Cologne
( nfr n n rzb r
(13) Kurhessen _____________ ______________ K assel
( 6
(
r Br nd nb r B rl n
l nb r h rn
(14) Madgeburg-Anhalt_ __________________ Dessau
( 8 ll nd bl nz
(15) Mainfranken ________________________ Würzburg
( n h pp r B v r n h
(16) Mark Brandenburg__________________ B erlin

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(17) Mecklenburg________________________ Schwerin
(22 tH n v rL n b r
(18) Moselland ____ _______________________ Coblenz
(2 t Pr n b r
(19) Munich-Upper Bavaria _______________ Munich

(20) Lower Silesia________________________ Breslau
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(2 x n Dr d n
(26 hl H l t n l (21) Upper Silesia_______________________ , Kattowitz

(2 b b r
(22) East Hanover _______________________ Lüneburg

(28 th H n v r—Br n H n v r
(2 Th r n r
(23) East Prussia________________________ K önigsberg
( 0 r ld nb r
(24) Pomerania__________________________ Stettin
( tph l —N rth n t r
( 2 tph l — th B h
(25) SaxonY---------~------- ------------ Dresden
( t r N t dt
(26) Schleswig-Holstein___.________________ Kiel
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(29) Thuringia___________________________ Weimar
nt f N z pr p nd nf r n ntr .
(30) Wes~r-Ems__________________________ Oldenburg

_(31) Westphalia-North __________________ Münster
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(33) WestID:ark---------------~- - --------· Neustadt

(34) Würtemberg_________________________ Stuttgart
64. Auslandabteilung des Lichtspieldienstes (Foreign Division of the

Film Service)
This agency, in charge of Germa.n films abroad, has been the instru~
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66. Auslandsstelle für Theater (Board f-Or Theaters in Foreign Coun-
66. l nd t ll f r Th t r (B rd f r Th t r nF r n n
__. tries)
tr
B th
. \
n h v b n n rn d th th xt n n fN z
Both agencies have been concerned with the extension of Na.zi
d l t f r n ntr .
ideology to foreign countries. ·
-67. Reichsfremdenverkehnverband (Reich Association for Tourist
6 .R h fr d nv r hr v rb nd (B h t nf rT r t
Tr ff th 4 L nd fr d r r hr v rb nd n (B n l
t n f rT r t Tr ff ·· · Traffic) with 34 Landesfr~mde'TIIVerluA1'8'Verbm,,d,e,n (Regional

Th B h t n rv th n p lt h h pr f t
Associations for Tourist Traffic)

rfr t r t tr ff . Th n p lt r r n z d nt B n l
-· .
t n , h h r nd r th p rv n f th t t v rn ,- The: Reich Association serves those municipalities which profit
nt . Th B n l t n t th r f r th B h
n-om tourist traffic. The municipalities are organized into Regional

Associations, which are under the supervision of the State govern-
t n. Th n t r f Pr p nd pp nt th Pr d nt f th
B h t n, nd th l tt r pp nt th d r t r f th v r l
B n l t n . lth h t n bl n rn d nl th th
ments. The Regional AS.5C>Ciations together form the Reich Asso-
.pr
nd ff
t n ft
tv f n t n
r t tr ff , th
f N z pr p
n
nd , p rt
h v x r
l rl b
d
nd
p rt nt
v r
•ciation. The Minister of Propaganda appoints the President of the
n t nfl n f r n r tr v l n n r n n f v r f th
.Reich Association, and the latter appoints the directors of the several
Th rd B h.
Begional Associations. Although ostensibly concerned only with the
68. R
T r t Tr ff
h h f r Fr d nv r hr (B h tt f r
promotion of tourist traffic, these agencies have exercised important

Th n dr t r f r th pr t n ft r t tr ff f r
'.and effective functions of Nazipropaganda, particularly by endeavor-
th h l B h t rr t r . t p d f r pr nt t v f th
ing to inßuence foreigners traveling in Germany in favor of the

'Third Reich.
nt r t dB h n tr , t t v rn nt , th B hB l
p n , nd th r r nz t n nt r t d nt r t tr ff .
6 .D t h lt rfll z ntr l ( r n lt r F l nt r
-68. Reichsausschuss für Fremdenverkehr (Reich Committee for

Th n n h r f th pr d t n nd r nz t n f
ll d " lt r f l ," th f h h t pr dN z d l .
Tourist Traffic)
0. D t h Fl d ( r nFl d
· · This agency directs measures for the promotion of tourist traffic for
"t~e w:hole Reich territory. lt is composed of representatives of the
Th n , t bl h d n 8, rv ,t t th d t t bl h
n t, "t n r th d v l p nt f th f l n th prt fN t n l
l ." . . interested Reich Ministries, State governments, the Reich Railway

. t d n ll h ft h llb nd ( t d t nf rR rd d
·C ompany, e.nd other organizations interested in tourist traffic.

Th r n z t n ppl N z d l t th f ld f r rd d
°!,9. Deutsche Kulturfllmzentrale (German Culture Film Center)

nd r rd n n r l.
2. rb nd B r t n td D t h n hr ftt ( dv rt
This agency is in charge of the production and organization of so-
"*, ~ nt nd dv r ff f r r nLt r t r
:called "culture films," the· aim of which is to spread Nazi ideology.
, Pr p nd p rp th r p tt lt r t r r rv d b th
ff .
'.7 0. Deutsche Filmakademie ( German Film Aca.demy)
.R h hr ftt t ll (R hLt r t r B rd
. .This agency, established in 1938, serves, to quote the edict establish-

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r n l t r t r . t dv p bl h r nd rt r , ll r nt l
ing it, "to ensure the development of the film in the spirit of National.
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11. __Studiengesellschaft Schallband ( Study Association for Recorded

Music) _
This organization applies Nazi ideology to the field. of recorded

_music and records in general.
.h th tr t. r
:12. Werbe-und Beratungsamt des Deutschen Schrifttums (Advertise-

~-· ment and Advisory Office for German Literature)
: Propaganda purposes with respect to litera.ture are served by thls
-pffice.
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T
. ' '.l'his board undertakes practical propaganda in the promotion of

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Under its supervision are- .
nd r t p rv n r —. .
a. Berat't.ltngsstelle der ArbeitsgMMimchaft für Volksliteratwr (Ad-
.B r t n t ll d r rb t n h ft f rV l lt r t r( d
visory_Board of the Working Community for Popular Literature) ·
v
b. B r t n
r B rd f th
t ll f r
r n
tr l h
nt f rP p l rLt r t r
hr ftt ( dv r B rd
b. Beratungsstelle für Astrologüschea Schri,fttwm, (Advisory Board
f r tr l lLt r t r
for Astrological Literature)
74. Wirtschaftsstelle des Deutschen Buchhandels (Economic Board for-
4. rt h ft t ll d D t h nB hh nd l ( n B rd f r
th r nB Tr d
hl t n bl n ntr t n n th n f th b tr d ,
the German Book Trade)
th B
fb
rd x r
.
n d r bl nfl n th r rd t th nt nt
While ostensibly concentrating on the economics of the book trade,

.R h b ftr t rf r n tl r h F r b n (R hD l t
the Board exercises considerable inßuence with regard to the contents
f r rt t D n
of books.
Th n r x r n " dv r nd n p r t n l" f n
t n " h n v r th N t n l l t t t xpr t d l n 75. Reichsbeauftragter für künstlerische Formgebung (Reich Delegat.&

rt t
nt , n f r
f r , p rt
,p
l rl
t r , nd t
th r p t t p bl
p ." ( l
b ld n
D
,
d :L
n
l
for Artistic Design)
nd d n tr t v p t f th Pr t t n f n nt . This Commissioner exercises an "advisory and inspirational" func-
6. D t h Pr p nd t l r( r n Pr p nd t d
tion "whenever the National Socialist State expresses its i.deology in

artistic form, particularly with respect to public buildings, monu-
Th n r v l th h r t r f th n .
. rb r r d r D t h n rt h ft ( dv rt nt n l f
r n n
ments, uniforms, posters, and stamps." (See also CAD Guide: Legal
Th
n
n l
f ld,
p rv
t bl h
p bl nd pr v t
n r l pr n pl
dv rt
, nd
nt
t n bl
n th
t
and Administrative As-pects of the Protection of M onwments.)
pr v d n th r n n th "fr pp rt n t nd r n
76. Deutsches Propaganda Atelier ( German Propaganda Studio)

z t n f dv rt n , rr p nd n t th th l t nd rd f th
r np pl nd t t p lt lf ln nd ll."
The name reveals the character of this agency.
77. Werberat der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Advertisement Council of
8. R h rb t n h ft h d n v rh t n (R h r n
n t f r th Pr v nt n f d nt
nd r th l n" pf d r f hr" (f ht d n r , th n , German Economy) .

This council supervises public and private advertisements in the
th t n bl bj tv f h hh b n t pr v nt nd tr l nd
th r d nt , h r l dh vl nr t pp l t th h lth nd
tr n th f th r np pl , nd h rv d t pr dN z t r econornic field, establishes general principles, and ostensibly aims at

n l nd d l .
providing the German economy with a "free opportunity and organ-

ization of advertising, corresponding to the ethical standards of the
.D t h d ( r n d
F nd d n 2 n nd p nd nt n t t t n n n h f r th
pr t n f r nl n nd lt r , th r n d German people and to its political feelings and will."

tr n f r d nt p bl rp r t n nd pl d nd r th
p rv n f th n tr f Pr p nd n 4 . Th n tt t n
78. Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft Schadensverhütung (Reich Working
pr d N z pr p nd nf r n ntr ( D d : Pr r
Cornmunity for the Prevention of Accidents)
v t n nd f R rd , r nH h r d t n nd d lt
Under the slogan "Kampf der Gefahr'' (fight danger), this agency,
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nology and ideology.
79. Deutsche Akademie (Gerrnany Academy)

.h th tr t. r
Founded in 1925 as an independent institution in Munich for the

promotion of German language and culture, the German Academy
was transformed into a public corporation and placed under the
supervision of the Ministry of Propaganda in 1941. The institution
spreads Nazi propaganda in foreign countries ( CAD Guides: Preser-
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80. P,essechef der Reichsregierung (Press Chief of the Reich Gov•
80. Pr h fd rR h r r n (Pr h f f th R h v
ernment)
rn nt
This completely N azified office works in close contact with the Min•
istry ·of Propaganda. Since there will probably be no Reich govem•
Th pl t l N z f d ff r n l nt t th th n
tr f Pr p nd . n th r ll pr b bl b n R h v rn
nt n th f r t p r d f p t n, th Pr h fb
ment in the first period of occupation, the Press Chief becomes
l
nn l
n t n
.
th Tr n f r f f lF n t n
meaningle.ss.
8 .R h r ndf n ll h ft . b. H. (R hR d rp r t n
Ellmlnatlon Wlth Tftlnsfer of Useful Functlons

th R tr t d L b l t
Th
n
n tt t n
p rv d b th
t bl h d n
n tr
26
f Pr p
p bl
nd , h h
rp r t n. t
n ll t
81. Relchsrvndfunkgesellschaft m. b. H. (Reich Radio Corporation
h r ( D d : d pt t n f r n Pr p nd ntr l .
with Restricted Liability)
th
n p bl
b
p n n.
n f th tp rf l N z n tr nt f r nfl n
This institution was established in 1926 as a public corporation. lt

nv f th p rt n f br d tn , lt r v rn nt
is now supervised by the Ministry of Propaganda, which owns all its
h ld— t l t d r n th rl p r d f p t n—d r tl p r
shares (CAD Guide: Adaptatim of German Propaganda Oontrols).
t
r
nd
n
ntr l th
v r nt th
r nr d .
t f t t
h th r ft r th r v v l f
p r t n f br d tn
lt has become one of the most powerful Naziinstruments for influenc-
ll b r ntr d d, b l ft t f t r d v l p nt. Th R h
ing public opinion. -
R d rp r t n, h v r, pp r b nd r r n z t n nd
In view of the importance of broadcasting, Military Government

h
nt.
ld b d lv d nd t p nt t n v rb lt r v rn
should-at least during the early period of occupation-directly oper-

F r Pr p nd , l N . 4 nd t "N" t " ."
ate and control the German radio. Whether after the revival of
N. N Zl RDlN Tl N F PR F l N LP R NN L ND
German sovereignty the system of state operation of broadcasting

will be reintroduced, may be left to future development. The Reich
TlVlTl
pl t b lt n
(N . 82 8 nd r th j r d t n f th Pr p nd n t r Radio Corporation, however, appears beyond reorganization and

82. R h lt r r (R h h b r f lt r
should be dissolved and its e,quipment taken over by Military Govern-

ment.
Th r nz t n n t f—
.R h f r (R hFl h b r
b. R h r d r B ld nd n n t (R h h b r fFn For Propaganda, see also No. 54: and items "N" to "Q."
rt
.R h r (R h h b r f .
N. NAZI COORDINATION OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL AND AC-

d. R h pr r (R h h b r f th Pr
TIVITIES
Complete Abolition
.R h hr ftt r (R h h b r fLt r t r
.R h th t r r (R h h b r f th Th t r
Th R
b v ,
h h
ntr l
b r f
nd d r
lt r ,
t ll
th th
lt r l
r
tvt
p f h
f th
b r l t d
r n n t n.
(Nos. 82-87 under the jurisdiction of the Propaganda Minister)
rd n t n nf r d b th d v f p l r b r h p.
82. Reichskulturkammer (Reich Chamber of Culture)

rt t , r t r , nd j rn l t h r n t b r f th h b r
This organization consists of-

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th r h th d f d tr n fr d f th ht nd f rt t
a. Reichsfil,mlcammer (Reich Film Chamber)

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Arts)
c. Reich8m'U8ikkam;mer (Reich Chamber of :Music)
d,. Reichspreaaekamnner (Reich Chamber of the Press)

e. ReichsachriftttunUJkatmmer ( Reich Chamher of Literature)
.h th tr t. r
f. Reichstheaterkammer (Reich Chamber of the Theater)

The Reich Chamber of Culture, with the group of chambers listed
above, controls and directs all cultural activities of the German nation.
Coordination is enforced by the device of compulsory membership.
Artists, writers, and journalists who are not members of the Chamber
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in their field are not allowed to produce, perform, or write. This

thorough method of destroying f reedom of thought a.nd of artistio
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isolation of the German people. The abolition of the whole "Cham-
l t n f th r np pl . Th b l t n f th h l " h
ber" system will be the first condition for the reestablishment of
b r" t ll b th f r t nd t n f r th r t bl h nt f
those freedoms.
th fr d .
8 .R h v rb nd d r D t h n Pr (R h t n f th
83. Reichsverband der Deutschen Presse (Reich Association of the
: ." r n Pr
· German Press)
n , th n r nz d rp r t n f p bl l .
t n l d ll n p p r d t r , nd, th r f r , r pr nt dt r
In 1933, this agency was recognized as a corporation of public 1aw.
th n th B h lt r rv r.
lt includes all newspaper editors, and, therefore, represents editors
84. F l nt n nt t ll n (B rd f r th ntr l f F l t ff
within the Reichskulturkammer.

Th b rd, th r nn f h hd n t f ll r v l t
'
f n t n, h th t fd t r nn h th r th t r nd tr
84. Filmkontingentstellen (Boards for the Control of Film Staffs)

nfl t b p rf r d b l n t th R hFl h b r r th r
br n h f th R h lt r r.
·This board, the German name of which does not fully reveal its
8 .R h pr f t ll (R hB rd f n r hpf r
function, has the task of determining whether the actors and actresses-
i~ films to be performed belong to the Reich Film Chamber or other .
Th b rd dr tl b rd n t d t th Dv n f th
Pr p nd n tr . t nf r N z rt t d p n l
p t n. branches of the Reichskulturkammer.

86. R h t ll f r b rb t n (R h ff f r th d pt t n
f
85. Reichsmusikprüfstelle (Reich Board of Censorship for Music)
n rd n th t t tl , th ff rv l r p rp th
· This board is directly subordinated to the Music Division of the

Propaganda Ministry. lt enforces Nazi artistic ideas upon musical
r p tt r tt n b f r th N z r ...
8 .D t h n r z ntr l ( nt r f r n n r
Th n n h r f th ntr l z d r n z t n nd pr ,
composition.
t n f n r nd nv nt n n r n nd br d. t
l h p l n f n t n, n n r n th t n r n t nln
86. Reichsstelle für Musikbearbeitung (Reich Office for the Adaptation
th N z P l h ll b dr pp d r b t d.
of Music)
88. R h rzt r (R h h b r f r th d l Pr f n
8 .D t h r rzt r ht h f (D pl n r rt f r th d l
In accordance with its title, this office serves a similar purpose with
Pr f n
respect to music written before the Nazi regime.

0. R h t r rzt r (R h h b r f r th V t r n r Pr
f n 87. Deutsche Kongresszentrale (C,enter of German Congresses)

This agency is in charge of the centralizcd orgnnization and pro-
.D t h r T r rzl r ht h f ( r nD pl n r rt f r
th V t r n r Pr f n
2. R h p th r r (R h h b r f p th r motion of congresses and conventions in Germnny and abroad. · lt

. p th r r ht h f (D pl n r rt f r p th r
also has a policing function, in insuring that congresses not in line

with Nazi Policy shall be dropped or sabotaged.
Th v rn nt r l d pr f n l r n z t n (N . 88
r t bl h d ft r , nd r th j r d t n f th n tr f
th nt r r, nd r p rt f th N z t f ntr l v r ll pr
88. Reichsärztekammer (Reich Chamber for the l\Jedical Profession)

f n l r p f th r np pl . B n b r hp
pr r t t th x r f pr f n, th tt pt, l th
89. Deutscher Aerztegerichtshof (Disciplinnry Court for the Medical

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90. Reichstierärztekammer ( Reich Chamber for the Veterinary Pro-

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91. Deutscher Tierärztegerichtshof ( German Disciplinary Court .for
the Veterinary Profession)

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92. Reichsapothekerkammer (Reich Chamber of Apothecaries)

9.3. Apothekergerichtshof (Disciplinary Court for Apothecaries)
These government-ruled professional organizations (Nos. 88-93)
were established after 1933, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of
the Interior, and are part of the Nazisystem of control over all pro-
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fessional groups of the German people. By making membership a

prerequisite to the exercise of a profession, they attempt, like the
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h r nd r bl t th N z r f rp lt l rr lr n . The abolition of these Chambers, and of the Disciplinary Courts
Th b l t n f th h b r , nd f th D pl n r rt
which apply principles of so-called "German honor" does not exclude

h h ppl pr n pl f ll d " r n h n r" d n t x l d
th t bl h nt f n pr f n l t n nd rt nd r
the establishment of new professional associations and courts under
t f fr t n nd lf v rn nt. ( l D a system· of free association and self-government. (See also CAD
4. R
d :
h n t r
r n Pr n pl
r(
.
h h b r fN t r
Guide: German Princi,ples. )
.R h r ht n lt r( h h b r f tt rn t
94. Reichsnotarkammer (Reich Chamber of Notaries)

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6. P t nt n ll r( h b r f P t nt tt rn 95. Reichsrechtsanwaltskammer (Reich Chamber of Attorneys-at-

Th n tt t n ( 4 6 r nd r th j r d t n f th R h
Law)
n tr fJ t nd rv th p rp f r th l l pr f
n d th pr dn t f r th r pr f n ( D d :
96. Patentanwaltskammer ( Chamber of Patent Attorneys)
l
r n Pr n pl
n t n th Tr n f r f
.
f lF n t n
These institutions (94-96) are under the jurisdiction of the Reich
. F l pr f t ll n (B rd fFl n r h p — nd r th j r
Ministry of Justice and serve the same purposes for the legal profes-
d t n f th n tr f Pr p nd
sions as do the preceding items for other professions ( CAD Guide:

German Pnnciples).
. b rf l pr f t ll ( p r rB rd f F l n r hp
b. F l pr f t ll (B rd f F l n r hp .,.
Elimination With Transfer of Useful Fundions

B th B rd r l t d n B rl n, nd d l th th d n f
fl th n r n t rr t r . Th b rf l pr f t ll rv
nd f pp ll t rt. Th n r hp v r p lt l ntr l,
97. Filmprvfstellen (Boards of Film Censorship )-under the juris-

" r l" , nd th l . t t d th t th p rt nt n
tr l f vn p t r b t n v rdr tl b , hl n l t r
diction of the Ministry of Propaganda
t f p t nn b rd f n r hp b t bl h d nd r
a. Oberfilmprüfstelle (Superior Board of Film Censorship)
th j
.R
d t n f th R
l L lD L ND l P Rl Ll
h ntr l ff f th nt r r.
b. Fümprüfstelle (Board of Film Censorship)

pl t b lt n
Both Boards are located in Berlin, and deal wiU1 the admission of
8. D v
Th d v
n Vl f th R
n n rn d
h n tr
th "D
f th lnt r r
t htv r ntl ndf r r ,

films within German territory. The Oberfilmprüfstelle serves as a
n htd t h V l r pp n (" r nd ," r f r th Fr nt r
kind of appellate court. The censorship covers political control,
r ,n n r nN t n l r p , nd rv d n n tr nt
''moral" issues, and the like. lt is suggested that the important con-
f
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r nr
l nd p l t
l p r l
h nd
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l n l bt l n (D p rt
d : r n Pr n pl
nt f F r
.
n
trol of moving pictures be taken over directly by MG, while in a later·
P l nd l n
stage of occupation new boards of censorship may be established under
Th dv n f th R hP t n tr h b n n n tr nt
the jurisdiction of the Reich Central Office of the Interior.
f p r l tp l .
00. D p rt nt Vlll f th R h n tr f r F d nd r lt r :
0. RACIAL IDEOLOGY AND IMPERIALISM

L ndl h B dl n d r n r rb n n b t ,N b ld n
d t h nB t ltr h (R r l R ttl nt f th
Complete Abolition
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n l n th R h Pr p r 98. Division VI of the Reich Ministry of the Inferior

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nichtdeutsche Volksgruppen ("Germandom," Care for the Frontier

At'ea.s, non-German National Groups), and served as an instrument
of German racial imperialism. ( CAD Guide: German Pnnciples.)

99. Auslandspolitische und Kolonialabteilung (Department of Foreign
.h th tr t. r
Policy and Colonies)

This division of the Reich P~t Ministry has been an instrument
of imperialist po1icy.
100. Department VIII of the Reich Minlstry for Food and Agriculture:
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ländliche Besiedlung der neuerworbenen Gebiete, Neubildung

T
deutschen Bauemtums im Altreich ( Rural Resettlement of the

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These functions have been partly conneeted with the occupation
Th f n t n h v b n p rtl nn t d th th p t n of foreign territories, and partly with the Nazi ideology of the elevated
ff r n t rr t r , nd p rtl th th N z d l f th l v t d
status of the German peasant.

t t f th r np nt.
0 .R h pp n t (R h n l l ff , nd r th j r d
101. Reichssippenamt (Reich Genea1ogical Office), under t.he jurisdic•
t n f th R
Th n ,
h
th
n tr f th
r f th R
nt r r
h xp rt f r n l l
· tion of the Reich Ministry of the Interior
R r h, h b n n h r f tt n p pr n pl f "r l
This agency, as the successor of the Reich Expert for Genealogical
p r t ." t l nv t t nd v d l fr th p nt f v
Research, has been in charge of setting up principles of "racial

f th "r
Pr n pl .
l h r t r" f f l .( D d : r n
purity." lt also investigates individual cases from the point of view

02. R h rf rd F t n d d t h nV l t of the "racial character" of a family. (CAD Guide: German
(R h r f r th tr n th n n f r n "F l
Principles.)
d "
Th n , t bl h d n t b r ,h h d th t f
102. Reichskommissar für die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums
r
fr
ttl n , n th
th v t B lt
n r d r
R p bl
f P l nd,
nd th r t rr t r
r n tr n f rr d
.H l r
(Reich Commissar for the Strengthening of German "Folk-
th n r nd h h , f r , h d th p l nd th
dom'')
v l bl t rr thr h th j b f v t n th n t v nh b t nt .
This agency, established in October 1939, has had the task of
(
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D d :
h
r
t ll f r
n Pr n pl
dl n (R
.
hB rd f R ttl nt —
resettling, in the conquered areas of Poland, Germans transferred
nd r th j r d t n f th R h n tr fF d nd
from the Soviet Baltic Republics and other territories. Himmler
r lt r
is the Commissioner and he has, of course, had the police and the SS
Th
r
ff
ttl n th
, t bl h d n
f r r h
,h
r
h d th
pr t d
nn
h n th r l nd
n d p rp
t
f
n
available to carry through the job of evacuating the native inhabitants.
v rf r r p rp .H v r, th l nn t n th th R h
( CAD Guide: German Principlea.)
n r f r th tr n th n n f r nF l d , h t
th h h t h f f th b rd, nd t th t t pl n th r 103. Reichsstelle für Umsiedlung (Reich Board of Resettlement)-

d v fp n r n xp n n. n r nt r th d n t r d
under the jurisdiction of the Reich Ministry of Food and

Agriculture
th r ttl nt f r n , r p tr t d fr h r N rth rn
t l , th v t B lt R p bl , t . ( D d : r n Pr n
pl . This office, established in 1935, ha.s had the announced purpose of

nr l d l nd p r l l N . , 8, nd .
resettling those farmers who were uprooted when their land was taken
P. RT ND l N
pl t b lt n
over for army purposes. However, the close connection with the Reich
04. D t h F r h n n h ft ( r nR r h
Commissioner for the Strengthening of German Folkdom, who acts
t n
Th nfl nt l r r h n tt t t bl h d n 20 th
as the highest chief of the board, indicates that it is simply another
r n t n f r n n . Th N z r r nz d
device of pan-German expansion. In recent years it has administered
t n 8 nd h n d t n . t nn n d p rp t pr
the resettlement of Germans, repatriated from such areas as Northern
t r r hb r nt n h l r hp nd t t l t th n
ltaly, the Soviet Baltic Republic, etc. (CAD Guide : German Prin•
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2
eiples.)
On racial ideology and imperialism b'OO also Nos. 57, 58, and 79.
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Com plete Abolition

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104. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ( German Research Associa•

tion)
This inßuential research institute was established in 1920 as the
Emergency Association of German Science. The Nazis reorganized
it in 1937-38 and changed its name. Its announced purpose is to pro•
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academic generation, particularly in the field of natural science. The

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A.ssociation is so thoroughly Nazified (CAD Guide: German Higher
t n th r hl N z f d ( D d : r nH h r
Education, etc., AppendWJ: Cuüural lmtitutions) that its dissolution
d t n, t .,
pr f r bl t r
pp nd x:
r
lt r l n t t t n
n z t n. * ■
th t t d l t n
seems preferable to reorganization.

0 .R h n tt tf r h ht d n nD t hl nd (R h n t
105. Reichsinstitut für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland (Rdch Insti-

tute for the History of the New Germany)
t t f r th H t r f th N r n
Th n tt t n t bl h d n J l r t th
This institution was established in July 1935 as a successor to the

N t n lH t r l tt . t d t h v b nt r t th
"n " r nh t r nd t ppl N z d l t h t r lr
r h, p rt l rl n th "J h t n." ( D d : r National Historical Committee. Its duties have been to work out the
n Pr n pl , Pr rv t n nd f R rd , Pr p rt f th
"new" German history and to apply Nazi ideology t.o historical re-
search, particularly on the "Jewish question." ( CAD Guides: Ger-
N z P rt , t ., nd lt r l n t t t n .
06. R h t ll f r d V l b h r n (R h ff f rP p
l r L br r
man Principles, Preaervation and Use of Key Records, Property of the
Th n t bl h d n 4, th th f n t n f x r n
Nazi Party, etc., and OtiltiM-al Inatitutums.)

pr r nd nfl n p n p p l r l br r , n th d r t n fN z
106. Reichsstelle für das Volksbüchereiwesen (Reich Office for Popu-

d l .
N . 04 06 r nd r th j r d t n f th R h n tr f
n nd d t n. lar Libraries)
l br r
tt r f
, ll
r
t n , nd th r v l
, lt r v rn
bl
nt h
p
ld t
nt, h h n
nt t d
l t r
This agency was established in 1934, with the function of exercising
t t f p t n b tr n f rr d t th ppr pr t r n
pressure and influence upon popular libraries, in the direction of Nazi
l br r nd r h v .
ideology.
. D
pl t
Tl N
b lt n
ND P RT TR lNlN F TH
Nos. 104-106 are under the jurisdiction of the Reich Ministry of

0 .Dv n Vlll f th R h n tr f th lnt r r— p rt
Science and Educatiqn.
p rt nd ph l x r h v b n d tt r f p bl
As a. matter of course, Military Government should take into custody
d
lt rl
n tr t n l r
nd d
l t
t n th
rv th p rp
rd n t N z d
f tr n n
l
r n
l t nd rd .
th
libraries, collections, and other valuable equipment, which in a later

( D d : r n Pr n pl .
state of occupation may be transferred to the appropriate German
08. tf r rp rl h rz h n (D v n f r Ph l d
libra,ries and archives.

t n , nd bt l n L ndj hr (D v n f r nf r dF r
rv L
Q. EDUCATION AND SPORT; TRAINING OF YOUTH

B th d v n r p rt f th R h n tr f n nd d
t n. D v n h d db h hr n n ff r. Th
Complete Abolition
r r n 0 ppl t b th d v n .
0 .R h p rt t (R h p rt ff
107. Division VIII of the Reich Ministry of the lnterlo~Sport
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Sport and physical exercise have been made a matter of publie

B th n , nd r th j r d t n f th n tr f th nt r r,
administration largely to serve the purpose of training German youth
h v ntr b t d t th d v l p nt f th N z prt f ph zn
militarily and educating them according to Nazi ideological standards.
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108. Amt für Körperllche Erziehung (Division for Physical Educa-

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tion)-K, and Abteilung Landlahr (Division for Enforced Farm

Service)-L
Both divisions are part of the Reich Ministry of Science and Edu-
cation. Division K is headed by a · high ranking SA officer. The
.h th tr t. r
remarks.in 107 apply to both divisions.

109. Reichssportamt· ( Reich Sports Office)
110. Reichsakademie für Leibesübungen (Reich Äcademy for Physical
Exercises)
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have contributed to the development of the Nazi spirit of emphasizing

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riors." (CAD Guide : German Pnnciples and Preservation and .U se
r r ." ( D d : r n Pr n pl nd Pr rv t n nd
of K ey Records.) There is no objection to the establishment of new
f R rd . Th r n bj t n t th t bl h nt f n
authorities to encourage and supervise sports, as soon as they no
l n
th r t
r r pr
t n
nt d n
r nd
r t th
p rv
d t n f
p rt ,
r n
n th
th. . ,
n
longer represent a danger to the education of German Y outh.

.J ndf hr r d D t h nR h (R h th L d r
111. Jugendführer des Deutschen Reichs (Reich Youth Leader)

This important officer is directly appointed by and subordinated to
Th p rt nt ff r dr tl pp nt d b nd b rd n t d t
H tl r. H d t r t pr t th r n z t n nd N z f t n
f th nt r th f r n .( D d : r n Pr n pl H itler. His duties are to promote the organization and Nazification

nd Tl Pr bl f r n th nd r lt r v rn nt.
of the entire youth of Germany. (CAD Guides : German Pri,ndples .

and Tli..e Problem of Germa,n Y<mth under Military Govm'nment.)
2. R h rb t f hr r d rb t d n t (R hL d r f th
L b r rv
F r
th ff
rl nd r th j r d t n f th
d " pr R h
n tr
th r t " n
f th nt r r,
t 4 . t
112. Reichsarbeitsführer des Arbeitsdienstes (Reich Leader of the
n b nt n h r f th p l r l b r rv , h h rv
Labor Service)
th p rp f th l t r tr n n nd nd tr n t n f th.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior,
nd r t j r d t n th r
d n t f rd dnnl h J
r 2
nd (R
rb t
n l
l t n
ff
nd
f th L b r
rb t
this office was made a "supreme Reich authority" in August 1943. Its
rv f rB nd B zr l t n nd rb t d n t f r
incumbent is in charge of the compulsory labor service, which serves
d bl h J nd (D tr t ff f th L b r rv f r rl .
the purpose of the semi-military training and indoctrination of youth.

Under its jurisdiction there are 29 Arbeitsgaideitwngen des A rbeits-
( D d : r n Pr n pl , nd r nz t n fL b r
ppl .
.D t h H h h l f rP lt ( r n ll f rP lt . dienstes für die män711:iche Jugend (Regional Offices of the Labor

Th h l, h h t bl h d n 20 n nd p nd nt n
Service for Boys) and 13 B ezirk8leitwngen des ArbeitsdiemJtes f ür ·

die W eibliche Jugend (District Offices of the LabQ.r Service for Girls). ·
v r t ,h b nr r n z d nd t n v r R h n tt t n
nd r th p rv n f th n t r f Pr p nd . t n n
f th t tv nd d n r n tr nt fN z t hn . ( CAD Guides: German Pri,nciples, and Organization of Labor

rd n t ff l nn n nt , t rv "th xp n n nd th :
Supply.)
tr n th n n fp lt l n l d nd ll n ll l f th
p p l t n, n th p r t f th N t n l l t t t ." t nt n
113. Deutsche Hochschule für Politik (German College for Politics) .
p lt
, nd H tl r
l n r, n nt
th L d r ,
rx t
ll
n r, nd
f r th N z
n r f r
n
,
This school, which was established in 1920 as· an independent uni- ·

r n z t n.
versity, has been reorganized and taken over as a Reich institution
4. R h n t lt f r F l nd B ld n n h ft nd nt rr h
under the supervision of the Minister of Propaganda. It is now one

(R h n tt t f rFl
nd r th j r d t n f th R
nd P t r
h n tr
n n
f
nd d
n nd d
t n—
t n.
of the most active and dangerous instruments of Nazi teaching. Ac-
Th n tt t t bl h d n 4. t pr d d t n l
cording to official announcements, it serves "the expansion and t he:
fl nd p rv th ppl n f hfl t h l . t h ld
strengthening of political knowledge and will among all classes of the

population, in the spirit of the National Socialist State." It contains
b d lv d n n tr nt f N z d l l d t n.
R. H R H
pl t b lt n a geopolitical seminar, an anti-Marxist seminar, and seminars for SA,:

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SS, and Hitler Youth Leaders, as weil as for the Nazi Women's
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n tr f r h r h ff r
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t nt h r h th th N z p l t l t nd d
114. Reichsanstalt für film und Bild In Wissenschaft und Unterrich

(Reich Institute for Filmsand Pictures in Science and Education)-
under the jurisdiction of the Reich Ministry of Science and Education.

This institute was established in 1934. lt produces educationaL
.h th tr t. r
films and supervises the supplying of such films to schools. lt should;

be dissolved as an instrument of Nazi ideological education.
R. CHURCH
Complete Abolition
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Ministry for Church Affairs)

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l . th th d l t n f th n tr , th Pr t t nt h r h
should be allowed to organize itself independently. (CAD Guides:
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German Principlea, and The Protesta,nt a:nd OatlwUc 0/w,rchea iA
r
r
n Pr n pl
n .
, nd Th Pr t t nt nd th l h r h n
Germany.)
6. B hl t ll nR ht n l nh t n d r v n l h n r h
116. Beschlusstelle In Rechtsangelegenheiten der Evangelischen Kirche

(B
t nt
rd f r th D
h r h
n fL l ff r ff t n th Pr t
(Board for the Decision of Legal A1fairs Affecting the Prot-

Th B rd, t bl h d n ,h b n pl d nd r th j r
estant Church)
d t n f th
n. t
n t rf r
"pr l
h r h ff r ,
n r "d n,
h rv
h n v r th v l d t
t h r
f
This Board, established in 1935, has been placed under the juris-
d n tr t v t n rn n th Pr t t nt h r h h ll n d
diction of the Minister for Church Affairs, who serves as its chair-
n vl t. Th d n f th B rd f n l nd b nd n p n
man. lt makes a "preliminary" decision, whenever the validity of

th rt . n th B rd ll l nf r th v l d t f t
administrative acts concerning the Protestant Church is challenged

f th
lf, n p
d n tr t v
blt fj d
th r t
lr v
, p rt
h
l rl
b
f th
nd n
n t rh
th, nd a
in ciril suit. The decision of the Board is final and binding upon.
th h r hh b n l ft t th r f th N z v rn nt.
the courts. Since the Board will always confirm the validity of ac~
of the administrative authorities, particularly of the Minister him-
lll. N l T B P ND D
. Pr d l nzl (Pr d nt l h n ll r
th th l n t n f th t p rt f H tl r p t n h h rr self, any possibility of judicial review has been done away with, and
p nd t th f n t n f th f r rR h Pr d nt, th Pr d nt l
the Church has been left at the mercy of the Nazi Government.
h n ll r ll b p rfl f r th t b n . n ,h
111. AGENCIES TO BE SUSPENDED

v r, f t r d r t r n n tt t n t bl h l r
ff f h f x tv , t t dn tt b l h th Pr d nt l
: 117. Präsidialkanzlei (Presidential Chancellery)

h n ll r , b t t p nd t.
8. R h nzl (R h h n ll r
Th n ,f r rl f pr d n ntl t hn ln t r ,h
With the elimination of that part of Hitler's position which corre-

sponds to the functions of the former Reich President, the Presidential
b p lt l n tr nt f tr nd p rt n . t h d,
R h n t rL r , lt n l b r f th n t r l
n l f r th D f n f th R h, H tl r h f dv r n ll
Ch2J.ncellery will become superfl.uous for the time being. Since, how-
v rn nt l ff r , n h r f th rd n t n f th v r
ever, a future democr~tic German constitution may establish a similar

. office of chief executive, it is suggested not to abolish the Presidential
R h n tr , nd t ll d d n th nt t n fl l tv
t . n th r ll b n ll pr b b l t n R h h n ll r, th
ff ll b nn l .H v r, n rd r n t t pr j d ·Chancellery, but to suspend it.

n f t r d v l p nt, th p n n, nd n t th l n t n, f
th ff t d. ■ : ......
118. Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery)
: . . ■. ■ : . . \ . .
■ ■
This agency, forme:rly of a predominantly technical nature, has
... ■ .> . ■ ■ : . . . . t
·become a political instrument of tremendous iinportance. Its head,
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Reich Minister Lammers, simultaneously member of the Ministerial
Council for the Defense of the Reich, is H itler's chief adviser in all
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.a.ny future development, the suspension, and not the f\liroination, of

.this.office is suggested.
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N l ND NlT T B R T lN D HlL HlTH RT ND R TH

AGENCIES AND UNITS TOBE RETAINED WHILE HITHERTO U~DER THE
J Rl Dl Tl N F TH RlTl TH Ll lN Tl N F Hl H l JURISDICTION OF AUTHORITIES THE ELIMINATION OF WHICH 15
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SUGGESTED
. nd r th J r d t n f th R h n tr f Pr p nd
L pz r t
1. Undf!/1' the J'IJ4i8diction of the Reioh Miniatry of Propaga:nda

( ff n h r f th L pz F r
Th
22, nd
n
t
t bl h d n
n v r b th R
6, b
h n
p bl
4. ft r p r
rp r t n n
f t
Leipziger Messeamt
p r
ff
nn l, t
f n
b tr n f rr d t th j r d t n f th
.
ntr l
(Office in Charge of the Leipzig Fair)
D
ll
t
t n
h B
nd
h r
r hv
( r n L br r .—Th l br r nt n
This agency was established in 1916, became a public corporation in
pr h n v l t n flt r t r n th r nl n , r tt n
1922, and was taken over by the Reich in 1934. After a purge of its
n r n nd br d nd f l t r t r nf r nl n , r tt n
personnel, it may be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Central
n
br r
r n . Th
t bl h d.
r ll r pr d d n , h n th l
Office of Economics.
.
Th r n L br r tr d t n l n t t t b r t n d,
ft r th p r f t t ff, nd pl d nd r th j r d t n f th
Oollectiom a'IU}, Archi,ves
R h ntr l ff f r n nd d t n.
R h hr ftt r h (R h r hv f rLt r t r R h
Deutsche B ücherei (German Library) .-This library contains a
fl r h v (R hFl r hv l d pr r hv( r hv f
comprehensive selection of literature in the German language, written
th F r
N z b
n Pr
r f l , nd r n
.—Th ll t n , v n n
d f r pr p
f r
nd p rp
th
, r
nt n
f
in Germany and abroad; and of literature in foreign languages, written
h hh t r lv l . Th h ld b tr n f rr d t th t t r
in Germany. These are all works produced since 1913, when the li-
hv .
brary was established:

Th
Th
t r
t r
nd r h
N ll nd rf Pl t (Th
tr
t r t th N ll nd rf r
The German Library as a traditional institute may be retained,
n B rl n Th t rd V l (P pl Th t r n B rl n V l
·after the purge of its staff, and placed under the jurisdiction of the
b hn (P p l r Th t r n B rl n V l p r Th t rd t
Reich Central Office for Science and Education.

ReichsschrifttU/tnSarchvv (Reich Archive for Literature) ; Reichs-
n (P pl p r n th Th t r f th t n B rl n B rl n r
Ph lh r n h r h t r (B rl n Ph lh r n r h tr .—
Th th t r nd r h tr h v b n d n tt t n f th R h. filrnarchiv (Reich Film Archive); .Auslum.dspressearchiv (Archive of

ft r th br f p n n t d n th D d : lt r l n
the Foreign Press).-These collections, even in so far as they contain

Nazi books or film, and are now used for propaganda purposes, are of
t t t n , th ld b r p n d nd, ft r th r hp r f d
n tr t v p r nn l, pl d nd r th j r d t n f th R h
ntr l ff f r n nd d t n.
high historical value. They should be transferred to the State Ar-
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chives.
Theaters and Orchestras
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in Berlin; Theater des Volkes (People's Theater) in Berlin; Volks-
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etns (People's Opera in the Theater of the West) in Berlin; Berliner
P hilharm<>r1,isches Orchester ( Berlin Philharmonie Orchestra) ...:..

These theaters and orchestra have been made institutions of the Reich.
.h th tr t. r
After the brief suspension suggested in the CAD Guide : Oultural In,.
atitutions, they could be reopened and, after a thorough purge of ad-
ministrative personnel, placed under the jurisdiction of the Reich
Central Office for Science and Education.
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2. Under the Jwrisdiction of the Ministry of Aviation
2. nd r th J r d t n f th n tr f v t n
Reich8amt für Wetterdienst
R h tf r tt rd n t
(Reich Weather Bureau);
(R
D t
h
h
th r B r
rt
Deutsche Seewarte
( r n rn b rv t r nH b r
(German Marine Observatory) in Hamburg
B th r pr H tl r n nd f nt f h r t r. Th
Both are pre-Hitler agencies and of a scientific character. They
n b tr n f rr d t th j r d t n f th
p rt t n.
ntr l ff f Tr n
can be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Central Office of Trans-

. nd r th J r d t n f th R hF r tr ff —R h ff
portation.
f r nd ld L f
8. Under the Jwrisdiction of the Reich Forutrv Office-Reich Office

L nd
(R
f r td t r
n lF r tr ff
f or Game and Wild Life
R h t ll f r N t r h tz
LOJTUl,esforstämter
(R h n f r th Pr t t n fN t r
(Regional Forestry Offices);

Reichsstelle für N atwrschuta
H h r N t r h tzb h rd n
( H h r th r t f r th Pr t t n fN t r
tt h d t th D tr t Pr d nt nd v l nt t t n (Reich Agency for the Protection of Nature) J

t t j dr v r , b rf r td t r, nd F r td t r
71 Höhere Naturschutzbehörden
(71 Higher Authorities for the Protection of Nature)
( t t H nt n D tr t , p r r
F r tr ff , nd L lF r tr ff
Th b v n h ld b pl d nd r th d r t n f th Attached to the District Presidents and Equivalent State Agencies;

R h ntr l ff fF d nd r lt r , h l th r n l nd
Staatsjagdreviere, Oberforstämter, und Forstämter

(State Hunting Districts, Superior
l l d n tr t n h ld r t th th t t .
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Forestry Offices, and Local Forestry Offices)
The above agencies should be placed under the direction of the
Reich Central Office of Food and Agriculture, while the regional and
local administration should rest with the States.
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MILITARY GOVERNMENT GUIDE

.,..,-;;,. U....\ '5

AAF ( 5) ; AGF ( 5) ; ASF (2) ; Special Distribution.

Refer to FM 21-6 for explanation of distribution formula.

Military GoverTIQ'M'nt Guides on Germany are designed to aid officers

analysis of the various steps which might be taken in meeting the

The G1.ddea are not basic colleetions of factual information as are

U. S. C., 31 and 32 as amended. Its transmission or the revelation

of it.s contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited

AOO ~018 III

II. AGENCIES AND UNITS TO IE ELIMINATED___________________________ S

1. Der Führer (The Leader)___________________________________ 3

2. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Reichsverwaltung (Deputy

General for the Administration of the Reich)________________ 3

T. Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Diet)_____________ 6

8. Reichsführer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Reich Leader

SS and Chief of the Gennan Police)________________________ 6

Commanders of the Regular Police, of the Security Police and

of the Security Service)-··· •• --··· --··· ···· • ••• -··-····-- 6

12. Dienststellen der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Offices of the

14. Kommandeure der Gendarmerie (Commanders of the Rural

Police) •••• - •....•.•..••••• • _••• • · ·······--··-........... 8

16. Führerschule der Sicherheitspolizei (Leader School of the Security

Police)._ ••• __ ••••.••• _.•.• -··-·-··----······- •• -··_···- 8

17. Grenzpolizeischule (Frontier Police School) •••••.•• -···-··-··-- 8

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21. . Generalbevollmächtigter für den Kriegseinsatz (Deputy General

22. Division I R of the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Zivile Reichs-

25. Reichsstelle für Raumordnung (Reich Office for Land Planning)__ 12

Elimination Wlth Transfer of Useful Functions

28. Reichsministerium filr Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion (Reich

Ministry for Armaments and War Production)______________ 14

32. 19 Forst- und Holzwirtschaftsämter (19 Forestry and Timber

83. 4 Landes-47 Gau- und 973 Kreisjägermeister (4 Land Maeter-

Huntsmen, 47 Gau Master-Huntsmen and 973 County Master-

F. lulldlng and Housl119

84. Generalbauinspektoren für die Reichshauptstadt für München

und Linz (lnspectors General for the Construction of the Reich

85. Generalbevollmächtigter für die Regelung der Bauwirtschaft

(Commissioner General for tbe Regulation of the Building

86. Reichswohnungskommissar (Reich Housing Comm.~ioner)______ 19

39. Kriegsarbeitsgemeinschaft Strassenverkehr (War Working Com-

Suburban Transport ation) _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _____ __ __ ___ ___ _ __ 20

46. D t h L fth n . .( r n rLn 2 Elimination Wlth Transfer of Useful Functlons

Honor Court, according to the Act for the Organization of

Elimination Wlth Tronsfer of Useful Functlons

f r P bl H lth 24 60. Zentralinspektion für die Betreuung ausländischer Arbeitskräfte

Records)_ ________________________ ______________________ 23

1C. Publlc Health

53. Generalinspektor für Sanitätswesen (Inspector General for Sani-

64. Reichsausschuss für Volksgesundheitsdienst (Reich Committee

for Publio Health) ___•• ___ • __ • _ _ __ ____ _ _ _____ _ __ _ _ __ __ ___ 24

67. Reichserbhofgericht, Landeserbhofgericht, Erbhofgerichte und

Anerbengerichte (Reich Farm Inheritance Court, Prussian

Courts, and Local Farm lnheritance Courts)_ ______________ 24

8. rb ndh t b r r ht ( pp l rt f r " nd H r d t "

60. Reichskommissar für die Behandlung feindlichen Vermögens

Suburban Transport ation) _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ ___ _ __ 20

Records)_ __ 23

for Publio Health) _•• _ • __ • _ _ __ _ _ _____ _ __ _ _ ___ 24

(Reich Commissar for Enemy Property)_______ _ 25

Traffic)_________________ _ _______ 27

73. R eichsschrifttumsstelle (Reich Literature Board) ______ 27

German Press)_________ _ _ ____________ 30

bor Service) . __ _ _ · _· · ____