TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 374-PS
Berlin Nr 234404 9.11.2355
To all state police offices and state police administrative offices. —To director or his deputy.
This teletype message is to be transmitted immediately in the most rapid way.
1. Actions against the Jews and in particular against their synagogues will occur in a short time, in all of Germany. They are not to be hindered. However, it is to be made certain, in agreement with the ordinary police, that plundering and similar law breaking will be held to a minimum.
2. Insofar as important archive material is present in the synagogues, it is to be secured by immediate measures.
3. The seizure of some 20 to 30 thousand Jews in the Reich is to be prepared. Wealthy Jews above all are to be chosen. More detailed directives will appear in the course of this night.
4. If, in the course of this action, Jews are found in possession of arms then the sharpest measures are to be employed. Special troops of the SS as well as the general SS can be drawn into the total action. In any case the direction of the actions through the State police is to be assured by proper measures.
Addenda for State Police Cologne:
In the synagogue of Cologne there is especially important material. This is to be made safe, immediately, by the quickest measures in agreement with the Security Services.