"Non-Germans" Under the Third Reich (207 page)

4.
See the decree of November 8, 1940, sec. 2, by the Oberbürgermeister of Posen (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-640, Bl. 5; also in
Amtsblatt der Regierung zu Posen
1940, no. 7, 64, Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-421): “It is forbidden to hold back goods during the hours reserved for the German population; goods in short supply delivered in the afternoon may not be offered for sale before the following morning.”

5.
Under sec. 7 fines
and
police custody were threatened in the event of violations for everyone concerned (the shop owner and assistants as well as the shopper) (ibid.). See directives of November 18, 1940, by the Security Police, Posen, attached to the police decree of November 8, 1940 (point 5b) (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-640, Bl. 3).

6.
Instruction of November 12, 1940, by the police president of Posen; quoted in the directives of November 18, 1940, by the Security Police, Posen, (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-640, Bl. 3, points 3, 4b); in areas with a high proportion of Poles in the population, shopping was also permitted in the morning; only where German customers filled the shop all morning was it required to follow the police decree strictly.

7.
A police decree dated July 29, 1942, by the
Landrat
of Kempen (administrative district Łód
) may be mentioned here (
Amtsblatt des Regierungspräsidenten Litzmannstadt
1942, no. 15, Ausgabe A, University Library, Warsaw, Sign. 011368); it extended the limitations for Poles from German businesses to all businesses and compressed the shopping hours allotted to them to 10:30–12:00 A.M. and 3:30–5:00
P.M
.; the rest of the time was reserved for Germans. In the weekly street markets and hairdressers’ shops, Polish customers were to be served only after 10:00 A.M. The decree also contained the same principles as that of November 8, 1940, from the police president of Posen (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-640, Bl. 3) (preferential treatment for Germans, etc.).

8.
Reproduced in Łuczak,
Diskriminierung der Polen
(1966), 281.

9.
Further details in ibid., 204 f., 271 ff., 372 ff.

10.
Report of February 18, 1941, by the district president of Hohensalza (Inowrocław) (p. 7) (University Library of Posen).

11.
Report of October 1940 by the district president of Hohensalza (p. 1) (University Library of Posen).

12.
Reports of October 1940 by the district president of Hohensalza (pp. 50–51) and February 18, 1941 (University Library of Posen).

13.
Report of July 30, 1941, by the R-sta Posen, Referat I/50, to the R-sta Posen (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-145) (Poles obtained only working clothes with their clothing coupons). Letter dated March 6, 1943, from the
Landrat
to the Bürgermeister—local police authority—of Schrimm (State Archive Pozna
, Gendarmerie Kreis Schrimm 143, p. 90). Letter from the District Propaganda Office, Lissa (Leszno), to the
Gau
Propaganda Office, Posen—summary propaganda report for the month of January 1944 (State Archive Pozna
, NSDAP-Kreisleitung Lissa, 46, Bl. 21): “Many Polish women have been seen wearing brand new boots of late. Since I have heard similar reports from other districts, it is to be recommended that stricter surveillance be exercised over the shoemakers. (signed) Kolberg, district head of propaganda.” Letter from the R-sta, Posen, Abt. V/LWA, to Abt. I/50 (State Archive Pozna
, R-sta 1174, Bl. 251): “The regulation that Poles of the
kreisfreie
towns be supplied with German Reich soap coupons is now over two years old. It was made on hygienic grounds, since Germans and Poles lived in close proximity. In this respect I note merely that male Poles are allowed only one piece of shaving soap instead of two pieces per allocation period.” Instruction dated April 1, 1942, by the Reich Chamber of Pharmacists and the Warthegau Chamber of Pharmacists (reproduced in Łuczak,
Dyskryminacja Polaków
, 279 f.): the sale of drugs to Poles was forbidden between 5:00 and 6:00 P.M., except in emergency cases and to Polish physicians and midwives.

14.
Report of July 30, 1941 (Institute for Western Studies, Pozna
, doc. I-145).