Brown folder

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The brown folder was ordered by Alfred Rosenberg , Head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (RMfdbO), from April 1941 before the military attack on the Soviet Union by the administrative department of the RMfdbO under Ludwig Runte and around July / August 1941 for official use published. The folder contained general legal, administrative-organizational and economic-political regulations that were formulated as orientation aids, guidelines and service instructions for the Reich Commissioners , General Commissioners and Area Commissioners in the civil administrations of the Reichskommissariat Ostland (Part 1 of the folder) and Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Part 2).

In addition to the "brown folder" there was a green folder of the economic management staff east (WiFüStab Ost), a "red folder" of the economic armament office of the OKW , a "yellow folder" of the WiFüStabOst for the agricultural leaders and a "blue folder" as a material collection of the economic staff east.

Responsibilities

According to Rosenberg, the “brown folder” was put together by the administrative departments in coordination with the Political Department of the RMfdbO with the aim of “overall regulation”. At that time, Ludwig Runte was in charge of the main administration department and Georg Leibbrandt was in charge of the political department.

economy

In April 1941, the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories formulated economic policy measures for the future, which were included in the "Brown Portfolio". It was programmatically stipulated that the immediate goal was to “ win the current war ”, with the eastern regions in particular supposed to contribute effectively to guaranteeing the supply of raw materials and food to Europe . According to Brauner Mappe, this immediate goal should be given priority even if it collides with long-term political plans.

Law and administration

The brown wallet was issued for official use around July / August 1941. The legal and administrative organizational content leaned directly to those schemes, as described by Adolf Hitler by leaders Decree have been established on 17 July 1941st Among other things, the role that Alfred Rosenberg was granted in his function as "Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories" with regard to legislation in the civil administrations of the Reich Commissariats was recorded in the brown folder . The following can be seen from the folder: “ The Reich Minister governs the occupied eastern territories on behalf of the Führer. He can for the entire area right place . "

With regard to other legal regulations as well as the administrative and authority hierarchy, the folder contained the following formulations:

“The Reich Commissioner directs and supervises the entire German civil administration as well as the existing and newly emerging state administration in his Reich Commissioner. He can issue law ( ordinances ) for his area , unless law has been or will not be made by the Reich Minister. The general commissioner manages the administration of his district and oversees the main and area commissioners as well as the state administration. As the lower administrative authority, the area commissioner manages his area and supervises the state authorities in the lowest and in the district level. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Zellhuber: "Our administration is driving a catastrophe ..." . The Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories and German occupation in the Soviet Union 1941–1945. Vögel, Munich 2006, p. 78, ISBN 3-89650-213-1 . (Source: Rolf-Dieter Müller: German economic policy in the occupied Soviet territories 1941–1945 . Boppard am Rhein 1991, pp. 21 and 35 f.)
  2. ↑ International Military Tribunal: The Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal . Vol. 11 .: Negotiation records April 8, 1946 to April 17, 1946. Delphin-Verlag, Reprint, Munich 1984, p. 628, ISBN 3-7735-2506-0 .
  3. ^ A b Wacław Długoborski (Ed.): Second World War and social change. Axis powers and occupied countries (= critical studies on historical science . Volume 47). Göttingen 1981, ISBN 3-525-35705-2 , p. 281.
  4. ^ A b c Andreas Zellhuber: "Our administration is driving a catastrophe ..." . The Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories and German occupation in the Soviet Union 1941–1945. Munich 2006, p. 84. (Source: The civil administration in the occupied eastern territories - brown portfolio -, undated, IMT, vol. 26, 1056-PS.)
  5. ↑ Martin Moll: "Leader Decrees" 1939–1945 . Edition of all surviving directives in the fields of state, party, economy, occupation policy and military administration issued by Hitler in writing during the Second World War, not printed in the Reichsgesetzblatt. Stuttgart 1997, pp. 186 f., ISBN 3-515-06873-2 . Google Books