After the 1938 Aktion Arbeitsscheu Reich, he ordered the fatigue duty of all jobless Jews in Germany. An appointed member of the Prussian State Council since 1939, on 2 May 1941 he attended the state secretary meeting on the Hunger Plan in preparation of the Operation Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union.
Following the 1938 Aktion Arbeitsscheu Reich, he ordered all unemployed Jews in Germany to perform forced labor.  He was an appointed member of the Prussian State Council since 1939 and attended a state secretary meeting on May 2nd, 1941, regarding the Hunger Plan in preparation for Operation Barbarossa's invasion of the Soviet Union.