SIEVERS DEFENSE EXHIBIT 50
REGULATIONS FOR THE COMMANDOS (EINSATZKOMMANDOS)[[87]] OF THE SECURITY POLICE AND THE SECURITY SERVICE TO BE ACTIVATED IN STALAGS
| B 101 | |
| Enclosures 2 | |
| Office IV | Berlin, 17 July 1941 |
Top Secret
The activation of commandos will take place in accordance with the agreement of the Chief of the Security Police and Security Service and the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces as of 16 July 1941. The commandos will work independently according to special authorization and in consequence of the general regulations given to them in the limits of the camp organizations. Naturally, the commandos will keep close contact with the camp commander and the defense officers assigned to him.
The mission of the commandos is the political investigating of all camp inmates, the elimination and further treatment—
a. of all political, criminal, or in some other way unbearable elements among them.
b. of those persons who could be used for the reconstruction of the occupied territories.
For the execution of their mission, no additional means can be put at the disposal of the commandos. The Deutsche Fahndungsbuch [German Wanted List] the Aufenthaltsermittlungsliste [Residence Locator List] and the Sonderfahndungsbuch UdSSR [Special Wanted List, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic] will prove to be useful in only a small number of cases; the Sonderfahndungsbuch UdSSR is not sufficient, because it contains only a small part of Soviet Russians considered to be dangerous.
Therefore, the commandos must use their special knowledge and ability and rely on their own findings and self-acquired knowledge. Therefore, they will be able to start carrying out their mission only when they have gathered together appropriate material.