Chamber of Industry and Commerce Koblenz District l'dar-Oberstein
Koblenz, 22 May 1942 ' 43 Emil Schueller Str. Tel. 2501
The Regierungspraesident,
Office of Economy for the economic district of Moselland B 3/18/1083/42 g Vo/Li/Schl.
SECRET
Circular Order No. 279/42 IHK—251/42 HwK .
To the Chambers of Industry and Commerce
and Chambers of Artisans
in the economic district of Moselland.
Personal Address or official deputy
Subject: Use of public transportation by Jews.
Forwarded enclosed is copy of an order of the Reichminister of the Interior of 24 March 1942 (Pol. S. IV B 4 b) (940/4-6-) 1155/41-33 for information.
By order
Signed: Dr. Vollweiler
For information
Office of Economy Luxemburg Gauleitung (Gauwirtschaftsamt) Koblenz
[Seal] Certified:
[illegible]
Clerk
Copy
The Regierungspraesident Leadership Staff Economy for the War Economy District XII
A/5U/llie/42g Sch. Wiesbaden, 12 May 1942
48 Wilhelmstrasse Telefon 5 94 81
SECRET
To the Chambers of Industry, Commerce and Artisans for the War Economy District [Wehrwirtschaftsbezirk] XII.
Subject: Use of public transportation by Jews.
Enclosed is forwarded the copy of an order of the Reichminister of the Interior on the use of public transportation by the Jews:
The permits for the use of public transportation are to be issued exclusively by the local police authorities. Consideration is only -to be given to the following:
1. when drafted for work.
. 2. for school children.
3. for Jewish legal counsels.
Jews, being employed, are requested by the Reichorganization of Jews in Germany to report at the office of the Employment Service for issue of the permits in question. Only such Jews will be permitted to use public transportation, who prove through a certificate from the Employment Service that they have to cover a distance of one hour or seven km (one way only). The certificates of the Employment Service will show place of work and residence of the Jews. The certificates of the Employment Service should in the case of shiftwork show corresponding entries. In the case of group employment of Jews the issue of a collective certificate is sufficient.
By order
, Signed: SCHOENING (S)
Certified
[illegible signature]
. Clerk
Copy of Copy
The Reichminister of the Interior Berlin, 24 March. 1942 Pol. S IV B 4 b (940/41-6-) 1155/41-33-Special Delivery
Subject: Use of public transportation by Jews.
Reference: Our circular orders of 15 September 1941 and 16 February 1942—Pol. S IV B 4 b Kr.94041-6-Enclosures: one of each (sample B)
With regard to the fact that complaints on disturbances through the use of public transportation (street cars, subway, buses, in Berlin also the S-railway) by Jews increase constantly, the following new traffic restrictions re use of public transportation by Jews within their community are issued in agreement with the Reichminister of Transportation and the Reichminister of Postal Services and under alteration of the current regulations, esp. the one cited in circular order referred to above, regarding police order re identification of Jews of 15 September 1941.— Pol. S. IV B 4b—No. 940/41-6.
1. According to the police order re identification of 1 September .1941 (RGBL. I. S.547) and in accordance with our respective
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circular orders of 15 September 1941 and 16 February 1942— Pol. S IV B 4 b—No. 940/41—6, Jews are required to display the Jewish Star; in every case when travelling within their com-irmnity these Jews are to carry with them a police permit, a smaller form of enclosed new sample B, issued for the use in that public transportation. In special cases, for instance when employed in groups, a collective permit can be issued.
2. The hitherto existing exclusive competence of the local police authorities for the issue of these permits is to be maintained.
3. Permits are to be issued only:
. a. When drafted for work (inclusive work for officially recognized Jewish organizations), provided it is proved on the part of the Jew through an official certificate of the competent office of the Employment Service that one hour or seven km (one way only) is needed to reach the place of work (in the case of definitely permanent sick persons or invalids as well as disabled war veterans a relatively shorter distance is sufficient).
b. To schoolchildren, if it is proved through a certificate of the competent supervisory schoolboard that at least one hour or five km (one way only) are needed to reach the school (in the case of definitely permanent sick persons or invalids an accordingly shorter distance is sufficient).
c. and to Jewish legal counsel, medical technicians, and midwives who present their official authorization or concession.
4. As a rule only one specifically defined public means of transportation (for instance the street car) is to be free for use.
5. The permits for the use of public transportation are issued regularly with a time limit of one year in order to save work and paper as far as they do not concern specific trips. After expiration of this time limit a new permit is to be issued upon request, provided that the necessary requirements still exist, with the stipulation that the Jew has to return the last permit issued to him. In addition to that the Jews are under obligation generally to return the permits in case the circumstances under which the permit was originally issued no longer exist. ,
6. The necessary permits, according to enclosed sample B, are to be requested not later than 10 April 1942 from the intermediate authorities of the general inner administration of the RSHA, Dept. IV B 4, Berlin SW 11, Prinz-Albrechtstr.8.
7. Infractions of this order are to be punished with protective custody by the competent authorities of the State Police [Staatspolizeileitstellen].
8. This regulation becomes effective 1 May 1942. Any different
local regulations are herewith rescinded. .
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9. The eventual issue of detailed regulations through the Reichminister of Transport or the Reichminister of Postal Services is reserved.
10. The current prohibitions, restrictions, regulations, and executive orders remain in force. The above traffic regulations are to be brought to the attention of the Jewish organizations through the competent authorities of the state police in the Reichsgaue of Vienna, Carinthia, Lower-Danube, Upper-Danube, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, in the incorporated eastern territories (Danzig-West Prussia, Warthe-land East-Upper Silesia, South East Prussia with Zichenau and district Bialistock) for strict compliance on the part of the Jews.
By order signed Heydrich
Cover letters and orders restricting the use of public transportation by Jews
Authors
Vollweiler (Dr., economic office, Moselland (1942))
Vollweiler
- Additional details not yet available.
Reinhard Heydrich (Chief of Security Police (SIPO) and Security Service (SD))
Reinhardt Heydrich
Most Horrible German Nazi SS and Gestapo police official and main architect of the Holocaust Genocide (1904-1942)
- Born: 1904-03-07 (Halle (Saale))
- Died: 1942-06-04 (Prague)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; fencer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 10120)
- Military rank: Obergruppenführer; SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
- Military branch: Schutzstaffel
Schoening (economic office, Wiesbaden (1942))
Schoening
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 22 May 1942
Literal Title: Circular Order No. 279/42 IHK . . . Subject: Use of public transportation by Jews.
Total Pages: 4
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: L-167
HLSL Item No.: 451543
Notes:Heydrich issued the orders on 24 March 1942; Vollweiler and Schoening distributed them in their districts in May 1942. This document was apparently not entered as an exhibit.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Persecution of political, religious, and ethnic ("racial") groups (IMT, NM…
Document Summary
L-167: Mimeographed orders of the Reichsminister of the Interior, 24 March. 1942 (Pol. S. IV B 4 b (940/41-6-) 1115/41-33) on use of public transportation of Jews, and covering documents, Koblenz, 22 May 42 B 3/18/1083/42G and Wiesgaden 12 May '42 A/514/1116/42 G - SCB