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ORDER No. 13
OF THE GERMAN ARMY HIGH COMMAND
Concerning Red army deserters
The prudent Red army soldiers and officers don’t want anymore to devote their lives in senseless attempts to preserve the Soviet regime. This is confirmed by the great quantity of deserters who willingly came to German side.
All Red army deserters, soldiers and officers either, must be considered enemies of the Soviet regime and treated respectively.
I GIVE A FOLLOWING ORDER:
I. Every man in Red army service (officer, political officer, soldier, etc.) who deserted alone or in group must be considered not a prisoner of war but a person who voluntarily moved to the side of the German army.
II. Treatment of deserters
a) in the smaller units, on brigade and corps level also:
1. Deserters must be separated from prisoners of war immediately and accommodated, whenever possible, in separate facilities. Their property (money, belongings, uniforms and personal equipment [weapons apart], decorations and distinguishing marks) must not be deprived.
Deserters must be provided with good meal.
Deserters must be immediately sent back from the battle zone to the rear units, providing them, whenever possible, with mechanical means of movement.
All diseased and wounded deserters must be medically treated immediately.
2. Every deserter must be issued a special paper based on our pass for the purpose or on the papers he has available.
b) at the assembly points:
1. Deserters must have an advantage when accommodated (heated facilities, bed sheets, etc.). Officers must be accommodated separately and provided with all necessary means of life.
2. Deserters must be provided with good meal equal to the food supplied to the Russian Liberation Army, and, whenever possible, with supplementary goods (tobacco, etc.)
3. Deserters must have an advantage when old worn uniforms are changed.
4. Deserters must be given 7 days period to take a decision for enlisting in the ROA or in some of the National liberation corpses established (Ukrainian, Caucasian, Cossacks, Turkestanian, Tartar), or as volunteer in some rear unit, or as worker in some liberated territory free of bolsheviks.
Skills and special training and knowledge of every person must be considered.
5. Deserted officers must be provided with orderly privates as follows: up to captain including – one orderly to each three; from major on – one orderly to each two; generals must be provided with personal orderly each.
6. Measures must be taken to suite the needs of deserters in entertainment, for this civilian entertainers can be used as well.
The deserters must be supplied with newspapers, books and other readings, and musical instruments also; whenever possible movies to be shown, their own attempts of cultural and musical entertainment must be admired too.
III. It is guaranteed to all deserters they will be able freely to go back in their motherland without delay after the armistice, if so desired.
Signed: GHQ colonel (not readable) GERMAN ARMY HIGH COMMAND
PASS-PASSIERSCHEIN Valid for unlimited quantity of soldiers, officers and political officers of the Red army who wants to desert at the German Armed Forces side, or at German allies side, or to serve in Ukrainian, Caucasian, Cossacks, Turkestanian and Tartar liberation corpses.
You can desert without this pass too, all you need to do is to approach German lines with both hands up and to cry loudly“Stalin Kaput!” or “Bayonets down!”
Issued April 1943
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