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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.

Ova slika je javno dobro („public domain“), jer sadrži samo opće informacije koje ne dostižu kreativni nivo potreban za copyright.

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)