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 |  Subject: Deportation of German Jews and the hesitant Fuhrer Fri 25 Mar 2022, 21:45 | |
| In the autumn of 1941 there were around 338,000 Jews in Greater Germany, shortly prior to this in mid-August 1941, a number of prominent Nazis called for some of the German Jews to be sent east. On 15 August 1941 State Secretary to Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels, said that all the Jews in Berlin who were not working should be “carted off to Russia, best of all would be to kill them”, a few days later, Goebbels himself pressed the case for the deportation of the German Jews to Hitler, but Hitler didn't agree, for him the war was the absolute priority, and he believed the fate of the Jews in Western Europe would probably have to be solved at the end of the war, which he expected would be shortly, another reason often put forward for Hitler's reluctance to implement the deportation of German Jews, was his concern as to how the German public would react to this action. Hitler however, now agreed that all German Jews should be forced to wear the yellow star on their clothing, this was implemented on September 1 1941. In September 1941, the Gauleiter of Hamburg wrote to Hitler, after the heavy bombing raid on the city on the 15 September, asking him to permit the deportation of the city's Jews to free up housing for bombing victims. In response to this and a number of other requests, Hitler finally agreed in late September 1941 that German Jews should be sent east. NB. There is no doubt that the “Final Solution” was fully approved by Adolf Hitler, who was constantly involved in its implementation, it could not have taken place without his approval. The main purpose of this posting is to draw attention to the fact, that many within Hitler's inner-circle were so keen to start the deportations and killings, they constantly pressed Hitler for his permission. |
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