Subject: Poles and Jews who are released from the penal institutions of the department of Justice[202]
Additional copies for the independent penal institutions.
I. With reference to the new guiding principles for the application of article 1, section 2 of the decree of 11 June 1940 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 877), enclosure I of the decree of 27 January 1943-9133/2, enclosure I-III a2 2629, the Reich Security Main Office has directed by the decree of 11 March 1943, II A 2 number 100/43—176—
a. Jews who, in accordance with number VI of the instructions are released from a penal institution, are to be committed by the State Police (Regional) Office competent for the district in which the penal institution is located, for the rest of their lives to the concentration camps Auschwitz or Lublin, in accordance with the regulations for protective custody that have been issued.
The same applies for Jews who in the future are released from a penal institution after serving a sentence of confinement.
b. Poles, who in accordance with number VI of the instructions are released from a penal institution, are to be taken by the State Police (Regional) Office competent for the district in which the penal institution is located, for the duration of the war to a concentration camp in accordance with the regulations on protective custody that have been issued.
The same applies in the future to Poles, who after serving a term of imprisonment of more than 6 months, are to be discharged by a penal institution.
Conforming to the request of the Reich Security Main Office, I ask that in the future, (a) all Jews to be discharged, (b) all Poles to be discharged, who have served a sentence of more than 6 months be designated for further confinement to the State Police (Regional) Office competent for the district and are to be placed promptly at its disposal, before the end of sentence for conveyance.
II. This ruling replaces the hitherto ordered return of all Polish prisoners undergoing imprisonment in the Old Reich condemned in Incorporated Eastern Territories. The decree of 28 July 1942-4410 b Vs 1 1731, has lost its validity. Imprisonment up to 6 months imposed within the Incorporated Eastern Territories, excluding exceptions, is to be carried out in these territories, and not in the Old Reich.
By order: