b. Whether action appears necessary for disciplinary reasons.
c. Whether a report of the facts will be submitted.
13. The following order, published in the armed forces regulation, remains in force:
It is the duty of all soldiers to watch for every unguarded Soviet prisoner of war, to arrest him, and to deliver him to the nearest police station. If a prisoner of war camp is in the immediate vicinity, the prisoner of war is to be delivered there.
OKW Az 2f 24. 19m AWA/prisoner of war (I, 6) of 29 Oct 1941.
Civilians, as well as prisoners of war of other nations, who return escaping Soviet prisoners of war may be rewarded.
Compare:
OKW AZ 2f 24.20 PWs (II) No 4493/40 of 11 Dec. 40
OKW Az 2f 24.20a PWs (112) No 3572/41 of 26 May 41
OKW Az 2f 24.20a PWs (112) No. 8162/41 of 12 Nov 41
14. The recaptured Soviet prisoners of war, even if they were delivered to police stations, must be turned over by them to the nearest prisoner of war camp. Considering the danger of spotted fever, isolation is necessary.
The camp commandant must find out in every individual case the cause for escape. If the reason for the escape is only the longing for his family or hunger, and if the PW has not committed any crimes during his flight, then he is to be disciplined by the camp commandant and to be returned to work.