"Non-Germans" Under the Third Reich (200 page)

26.
Letter from the district president of Posen to the
Landräte
of the district (State Archive Pozna
, Gendarmerie Kreis Schrimm 143, Bl. 95): “As before, I consider it urgent to stop the constant vacationing of Poles as far as possible. For this purpose strict police surveillance must be exercised over all Poles who have come here.”

27.
Decree of January 14, 1943, by the Reich governor of the Warthegau to the district presidents (reproduced in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 251 f.); see also note 34.

28.
Instruction of June 15, 1940, by the Reich governor of Posen (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-424). See also directives of January 20, 1944, by the Reich governor of Posen (Az. I/41, 161/1, 5/36) (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
).

29.
Police decree of July 1, 1940, by the district president of Łód
; see also the police decree of April 7, 1942, by the district president of Posen (
Amtsblatt der Regierung zu Posen
1942, no. 5, p. 45, also quoted in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 243 ff.), sec. 1: “Former Polish nationals who are ethnic Poles may use public transport only if authorized to do so by the proper police authority. The use of trams does not require authorization.”

30.
RGBl. I 2133; second Reich Ministry of the Interior decree of November 2, 1939, implementing the Führer’s Decree on the Organization and Administration of the Annexed Eastern Territories, sec. 6.

31.
Thus the internal regulations for the
Gau
issued on February 1, 1943, by the Reich governor were reiterated several times: They were quoted in the letter from the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) IV D 2a of March 25, 1943 (State Archive Pozna
,
Reichsstatthalter
1215, Bl. 2). See also the circular of May 20, 1941, from the district president of Posen to the
Landräte
of his district and the chiefs of police of Posen (Gendarmerie Schrimm 104, Bl. 92); also the instruction of March 4, 1941, by the district president of Posen to the subordinate offices (Bl. 8).

32.
See the “Addendum to Basic Instruction No. 21/44” of December 14, 1944, by the Reich governor of Wartheland (State Archive Pozna
, Gendarmerie Kreis Schrimm 143, Bl. 152; also reproduced in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 248 f.):

Regarding Travel! The proceedings before the German People’s Court in Kalisch [Kalisz] from December 6 to 8, 1944, with respect to high treason, at which I was present, illustrated the sad fact that it is still possible for Polish agents to make journeys of any length or duration from all stations of the Reich
Gau
of Wartheland without hindrance. The travel permits necessary for the purchase of tickets were not only obtained by means of forged identity cards, but above all they had been quite carelessly issued by state and commercial agencies. I remind all those with responsibility for issuing travel permits of their obligation to exercise the greatest vigilance when doing so. Travel permits issued for long periods are to be considered particularly carefully.

33.
Ostdeutscher Beobachter
, August 4, 1944; see also the police decree of October 20, 1944, on the use of public transport by Poles in the
Reichsgau
Wartheland (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-250).

34.
Letter of October 20, 1944, from the Reich governor of Posen to the district presidents, containing directives regarding travel permits for Polish nationals (Az. I/41, 161, 1, 5/36, Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
).

35.
Letter of January 14, 1943, from the Reich governor of the Warthegau to the district presidents in Posen, Hohensalza, and Łód
(reproduced in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 251 f.), in which Greiser states: “A large number of Poles apply for travel permits on grounds that they wish to marry Poles working in the Reich. Since it is never or only rarely possible to verify the facts, and on account of the difficult transport situation of the
Reichsbahn
, no permits whatsoever are to be issued in such cases.” See also the circular of April 28, 1942, by the Gestapo in Posen, requiring under the decree of April 21, 1942, that all requests to travel on the part of Poles be refused on account of the situation of the
Reichsbahn
(251).

36.
Letter of July 2, 1942, from the Railways director of Posen to the Reich governor of the Warthegau, reproduced in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 246 f.; see also the
Amtliche Nachrichten des Polizeipräsidenten Posen
(internal circulation only) of July 29, 1943 (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-639). Police decree of March 1, 1943, by the district president of Posen (
Amtsblatt der Regierung zu Posen
, June 1, 1943).