[Heinrich Himmler and subordinates proposals dealing with the "Jewish Question"]
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (14 pages)
Creator(s)
- Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
Scope and Content
The file contains correspondence written in form of a circulated memorandum to Heinrich Himmler from subordinate SS command posts and high ranking SS personnel regarding the "Final Solution" of the "Jewish Question" in the Warthegau (German occupied central Poland). The measures proposed include ghettoization, starvation, sterilization, forced labor and extermination by means of a fast acting "compound". The documents historical importance can not be overstated as it lists aforementioned proposed measures for the final solution as well as delegated responsibilities and organizational divisions of labor for the looming Holocaust.
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mode of access: WWW
Note(s)
Electronic access only
Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015
Title viewed 07.03.2017
People
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel. Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt Sicherheitsdienst
- Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962
Subjects
- National socialism--Germany--Ideology.
- Euphemism
- Sonderbehandlung (The German word)
- Jews--Crimes against--Germany--History--20th century
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland
- Ethnology--Germany--History--1900-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children
- National socialism--Philosophy
- Racism--Germany--History--20th century
- National socialism and medicine
- Pseudoscience--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- War criminals--Germany--History--20th century