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DENAZIFICATION
Serial No.      Composition                          Remarks
15       Police Officials        (a) All Government officials in the Police
Hier-
archy down to and including Regierungs- and
Kriminal Direktoren.
(b) All officers down to and including the rank
of Colonel or equivalent in the Regular Uni-
formed Police.
16       Nazi Party Officials    (a) All administrative officials of the
party
down to Kreis level not included in Category
I .
(b) All members of the Party down to and includ-
ing the rank of Abschnittsleiter.
17       Profiteers and others   Any who during the Nazi regime gained or
possessed
considered to be po-    substantial economic resources and used these re-
tentially dangerous     sources for the advancement or maintenance of the
Nazi regime; or any who, being already considered
to be potentially dangerous as a result of their
previous activities or connections, possess prop-
erty or income sufficient to canmand a position
of authority or influence in the social, economic
or political life of German.
CATEGORY III (LESSER OFFENDERS)
Serial No.      Composition                         Remarks
18       Individuals fran Cat- Individuals released after completion of sentence.
egory I and II         or internment, or transferred from a higher cat-
egory.
19       Individuals removed
or excluded from
Office
Any individual removed or excluded from Office un-
der the implementation of Control Council Directive
No. 24.
20       Miscellaneous          Particularly ardent National Socialist activists,
irrespective of whether or not they were affiliated
to the NS DAP.
CATEGORY IV (FOLLOWTERS)
Serial No.      Composition                        Re-marks
21       Individuals from      Any individuals down-graded from a higher
category
Highier Categories     after review.
22       Miscellaneous          National Socialist activists irrespective
of
whether or not they were affiliated to the NSDAP.
APRIL 1948
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