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HEYDRICH NAZI POLICE DIRECTIVE RE: JEWISH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
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A 1941 NAZI SCHNELLBRIEF
POLICE DIRECTIVE FROM
HEYDRICH REGARDING
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
FOR JEWS
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| On the first of September 1941, Nazi SS and Police General Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD or Nazi Security Service) in Berlin issued a decree which required Jews to wear a yellow 6-pointed “Star of David” on their clothing in both public and certain private circumstances. The original decree raised more questions than it answered as implementation of it began throughout Großdeutschland or Greater Germany and Occupied Territories. |
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The item offered here is the follow-up decree dated 16 October 1941, once again over the signature of Heydrich. Page 1 is bordered by a bright red quarter-inch stripe on all four sides and shows this Schnellbrief was sent by the Reichsminister des Innern (Ministry of the Interior) in Berlin where the offices of the Reichsführer-SS, Sicherheitsdienst and Police were located. It was sent to the Reichsstatthalter (the highest Nazi government authority) in Wien, Baldur von Schirach, and it arrived on 25 October 1941 (blue entry stamp). |
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The subject of the SS Schnellbrief was the limitation of use by Jews of German public transportation and the information was sent out to dozens of Nazi Police offices all over Großdeutschland as well as to the Central Office of Jewish Emigration in Vienna and Prague, the Führerbau in Munich and Sipo and SD offices all over the Reich. |
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The decree states that Jews are no longer allowed to use German postal busses (that connect every small town in Germany and other European countries). Special permission for use of German postal busses might be obtained by Jews if for example, no other transportation is available on a certain route or if postal busses were the only form of public transportation in a town. However, non-Jews were always to get preferential treatment. For example, if halfway through a certain route the bus filled up, Jews had to get off to make room for Aryan Germans. Partial refund of the bus fare paid by he Jews was then to be made. |
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Furthermore, Jews were only allowed to use seats if they were not needed by Aryans. Local authorities had to decide on exemptions for busy/non-busy times and routes.
The decree states that any questions regarding this matter had to be addressed to the Reichsministerium des Innern.
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Heydrich’s office in Police Headquarters in Berlin further requested that the information in this Schnellbrief be passed on immediately to local police personnel. In turn, they were to inform Jewish organizations of the new travel restrictions for Jews.
At the bottom of the Schnellbrief is a black rubber stamp with an eagle, swastika and the number 39 in the middle, showing this letter originated in the offices of Der Reichsführer-SS und Chef der deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern (Heinrich Himmler, Head of the Nazi Police) on Prinz Albrechtstraße in Berlin.
This Schnellbrief from Heydrich was signed on his behalf (he was already in Prague, having taken the additional job of Deputy Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia a month-and-a-half earlier) by an aide. The Heydrich signature is a rubber stamp.
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This "Travel Restrictions for Jews" Heydrich decree is
**SOLD**.
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