PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 10
EXTRACTS FROM SECRET ORDER OF HIMMLER, 20 FEBRUARY 1942,
CONCERNING THE COMMITMENT AND TREATMENT OF
MANPOWER FROM THE EAST
| GENERAL COLLECTION OF DECREES [ALLGEMEINE |
| ERLASSAMMLUNG (AES)] |
| Part 2 |
| Secret |
| Printed by RSHA (Reich Security Main Office) I Org |
| Section 2 A III f |
Commitment of Manpower from the East. Circular Decree of the Reich Fuehrer SS and Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior dated 20 February 1942—S IV No. 208/42 (foreign workers).
Enclosed I am sending you general regulations concerning the recruiting and the committing of manpower from the East for your information and careful attention.
I have the following additional directives for the Security Police and the SD [Security Service]:
A. MANPOWER FROM THE ORIGINAL SOVIET RUSSIAN
TERRITORY
I. General security measures.
1. The commitment of manpower in the Reich from the original Soviet Russian territory results in greater dangers than any other employment of foreigners in spite of the special standards of their way of living, since a complete separation from the German and other foreign laborers and a strict supervision will frequently, in practice and especially at the place of work, scarcely be effected. The Security Police is charged with the responsibility for preventing the danger and it must do everything to accomplish its tasks; that is, to diminish the possibilities of danger to a minimum. Since enforcements cannot be counted on, it is the special task of the inspectors and state police administrative offices to urge the other administrative offices, charged with the commitment of the manpower, to take over the affairs of the Security Police within the sphere of their jurisdiction.