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Nationalsocialist Germany: Secret State Police (GeStaPo) Teleprinter|Telex ordering protective detention for an incorrigible homosexual.
(The then 39-year-old detainee, Hans Retzlaff, is believed to have died a few weeks later in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp). For more information, see this source.
Source: Potsdam, Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv
Transcription of the text (typos as in original):
+ BERLIN NUE 173 348 5.9.40 11, 10. = NU=
AN DIE STPOLEITSTELLE B E R L I N ===
BETRIFFT : SCHUTZHAFT GEGEN HANS R E T Z L A F F GEB
13.8.01 STETTIN . =====
VORGANG : DORT. BERICHT V.13.8.40. U ABT A 6 KLEIN A .
R. 100/40 SCH. ===
FUER DEN OBENGENANNTEN ORDNE ICH HIERMIT SCHUTZHAFT BIS AUF
WEITERES AN . -- HAUFTPRUEFUNTSTERMIN (sic; HAFTPRUEFUNGSTERMIN) : 23.11.40. ===
SCHUTZHAFTBEFEHL IST WIE FOLFT (sic; FOLGT) AUSZUSTELLEN . : '' INDEM ER
DADRUCH (sic; DADURCH) , DASS ER ALS UNVERBESSERLICHER HOMOSEXUELLER SICH IN
VERWERFLICHER ABSICHT EINEM AUF URLAB (sic; URLAUB) WEILENDEN
MARINIANGEHOERIGEN (sic; MARINEANGEHOERIGEN) GENAHERT (sic; GENAEHERT) HAT, ERKENNEN LAESST , DASS ER
NICHT GEWILLT IST , DIE ZUM SCHUTZE DER VOLKSGESUNDHEIT UND
DER DEUTSCHEN JUGEND ERLASSENEN ANORDNUNGEN EINZUHALTEN . ''
Translation:
+ BERLIN NUE 173 348 5.9.40 11:10 = NU=.
TO THE B E R L I N STATE POLICE DISPATCH===
REGARDING : PREVENTIVE DETENTION OF HANS R E T Z L A F F
BORN 13.8.01 STETTIN . =====
INCIDENT: THEIR REPORT OF 13.8.40. SUBDEPARTMENT A 6 LOWERCASE A .
R. 100/40 SCH. [?] ===
I HEREBY ORDER PREVENTIVE DETENTION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . -- DETENTION REVIEW DATE : 23.11.40. ===
THE ORDER OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION IS TO BE ISSUED AS FOLLOWS: ''
BY MAKING ADVANCES WITH REPREHENSIBLE INTENTION TOWARDS A MEMBER OF THE NAVY ON LEAVE, AS AN INCORRIGIBLE HOMOSEXUAL , HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE IS NOT WILLING TO ABIDE BY THE ORDERS GIVEN FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND OF GERMAN YOUTH . ''
Originally uploaded September 8, 2004 from the German Wikipedia (de:Bild:Einweisung.jpg). That image is no longer there. As of June 25, 2005 it seems to be replaced by de:Bild:Schutzhaftbefehl.jpg, which claims it to be public domain. See de:Wikipedia_Diskussion:Bildrechte/Archiv2 (in German) for the rationale.
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In Germany this wouldn't be copyrighted as there is insufficient creative input
("Schöpfungshöhe") to warrant copyright protection. Pilatus 23:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)