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INDEX

T i t le

I Prefatory NoteII Introduction

III PART I Excerpts and Extracts (Text)1. Naz is Ptan 'Rus siats Future

The SS as a Criminal Organization2v sa Self -Sa crif ice ,Slave Labor3. S3 Ideals4. H1VMEER on Natural Selection

5. HITLER Welcomes .Illigitimate children6, HIDhVIIER's Orders to the Gendaramerie70 Aftermath to the Purge of. 30 June 19348. HINI1fIERts Order on Removal of a ll Inhabitants from

the North Ukraine and Middle Russia9. HITLER Laments

1G, OSHINIA. and HIIlIMR Talk Shop11. Random Thoughts

IV . PART II Accession ListBook -i:Book 2

Book 3Book 5

Book 6Book 7Book 8Book 9Book 10Book 11Book 12

Book .13Book 15Book 16Book 18Book 19Book 21Book 22

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fe have tr-nslated all German w o r d s a p p e a r i n g in th e Te x t a n d

Accession l~ s4

> A U abb rev ia t ions , u n l e s s th ey a r e s tan d ard m i l i ta ryabb rev ia t i c rnn -,-1l bS found in th e rev i sed e d i t i o n of th e tIGOI,Handbook Germaryny', EDS., CI , G-2, SHAEF, A p r i l 19 .

A t t i m e s the text o f the fol lowing p a g e s will seem incoherent;t h o u g h t s are begun an d n o t concluded, n d it miight a p p e a r that we

have omitted something. However, such incoherence and seeming

ommissions are characteristically HITMLERts, for from the g ram-

m a t i c a l and profess iona l p o i n t s of view he was a n o t o r i o u s l y poorpublic speaker. Fau l ty grammar, endless appositions, and un -

related interpolations mar the text of his speeches. In presenting

th e following translations of these documents and speeches, we have

attempted to retain as much of the true nature an d flavor of th e

original as possible. e have- attempted to accomplish the twofold

purpose of present ing both what HIMMLER said and-how he said it.

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ntroduction

The Personal Staff of the Reichsfuhrer SS .(Personlich r Stab des Reichs-fBghrer SS - a b b r e v e & Pers. S~-tabFISs) occupied a unie positionz in thesupreme direction of the SS. It consisted, in fac t , of HDILJER's personalworking s taff , around which was clustered a number of independent and uncon-nected offices. It was at a l l times the chief executive HsJ.* of the SS,representing the personal authority of the RFSS and providing th e channel fo rtransmission of his orders to all authorities under h is command. In timethe Pers. Stab RPFSS acguired extraneous ad miscellaneous powers and duties,and the need fo r a small, unified Hqs. fo r the RFSS became greater. Hence,th e Operational Hqs. of the RFSS (Feldkoirandost lle BFSS abbreviated Feld-kdstelle PFsS) was formed, fo r the most part as" a wartime measure, This wasIHIlvlvDLER's actual f ield Iqs., composed of a relatively small, homogeneousstaff. The main Hqs. of the Pers, Stab were in Berlin, S.W. ii, Prinz Al-brecht. Strasse 8.

Besides th is there was a number of smaller Hqs. scattered throughGermany. One of these smaller Hqs, (F ed k s te l l e BERGTALD), was lobated atAigen, a suburb of Salzburg, Austria, where 1IDL R has a vil la , vi l la Tr p p ,and where he stayed when HITLER was at Berchtesgaden A short time be f o r ethe fal l of Germany all the documents fra this vi l l a were removed to a sal tnine near Hallein, about twelve miles south of Salzburg. These documents ar enow in our possession.

From the f i r s t it was clear that these documents were of an extraordinarynature. A preliminary check revealed the fac t that only a small number ofthem were routine, that most were unique in character. It is our consideredopinion that these documents represent the most important contribution toCI information tha t has or will be gained by exploitation of any se t of doc-uments. In adiition, .their importance transcends the pure CI f ield to suchan extent that scarcely any intell igence agency could fai l to benefit tosome extent by the information that a thorough and detailed exploitation ofthese documents will procure.

Although the range and scope of these documents is wide, the i r immediateinterest l ies within the field of CI. As such their exploitation is of par-t icular importance to the Office of th e Director of Intell igence of Officeof Military Government (US>. Substantial progress already has been made intheir examination from the CI viewpoint. Hoiwever, to provide coverage fo ra ll interested parties, the following methods of exploitation and disseminationhave been decided upon:

1. Background information of pure CI interest will be analyzed,evaluated, and published in the form of reports, while frag-ment;rry information will be published largely in the CI"Spotlight".

2. We shall prepare a detailed Accession List, endeavoring toplace in this l is t a very short summary of the contents ofeach particular document or se t of documents. Thus, a l lagencies will be able to decide What documents cpntaininformation which will be of use to them.

When it appears that apareticular document is of greater importance,we will give it more space in the Accession List i t se l f or deal with it inth e Text of the Accession List. This Text will give either the sumnary ofthe information with a few edi tor ia l remarks and/or excerpts in the form oftranslations from the original. In case th e importance of the sub ec twarrants it, the wvhole of the documnt il l be tra~slatd.


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Introduction (contt))

We have jus t f i n i s h e d th e a n a l y s i s o f th e first lo t o f do .cuments, i .e . the set of files that contains HTMMLEkR~s speeches,

note s on co n fe r en ces (most o f them wi th HITLER), an d o th er mis-celaneoius matters. It will be noted that we are using threemethods of identification for th e documents: ;the number of th ebook, th e number o f th e file, an d th e da te o f th e document. Wehave at our disposal facilities for photostating a limited numberof documents, so that if agencies are interested in one o more

copies o f a particular document, we co u ld forward to them wsev--eral p h o t o s t a t i c co p ies fo r f u r t h e r s tudy. Also th e o r i g i n a l s

w i l l be ava i l ab le fo r s tudy an d exploitation at this office.

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PART I

ECRPTS AN D EXTRACTS(TEXT)

1. Nazis Plan Russia' s Thuture

(Book 1 Fi le 6: -. 7.41)

Editort Note:

In 'July 1941, when Germany was riding the crest of victory in her cam-.paign against Russia, a conference took place a t th e HQ of the Flbrer. Thepurpose of the conference was to decide the future of Russia and her people.HI1i'vER was present, took notes - or had someone take them fo r him - of theconference proceedings. The translation of these notes follows:

Supreme Headquarters of the Ftihrer, 16 July 1943.1o/Fu.

Top Secret (Of National Importance)

Iemorandum

At 1500 today a conference was held by order of the Fuhrer at his place.Reichseiter ROSENBERG, eichsminister WINTERS, Feldmarscall KEITEL, th e

Reichsmnarschal l , an d I were p r e s e n t .

The conference started a t 1500 and lasted with an interruption fo r oaf-fee un t i l around 2000.

In the introduction the FThrer stated that f i rs t of a ll he would like toreach some basic conclusions. Various measures ar e now imperative, Row truethat is can be seen from an art icle in am impudent Vichy newspaper. The ai"tide stated. that the war against the Soviet Union is Europe's war and that itshould be conducted on behalf of the whb .e of Europe. Evidently, the insinu--ations of this Vichy newspaper are aimed to prove tha t no t only th e Germansare to derive profits from this ware but tha t all European nations should

share in these profits.

It is important, therefore, that.we do not divulge our aims to the wholeworld. This is not necessary so long as we ourselves know what we want. Un-,de r no circumstances should our path be made more difficult by unnecessarydeclarations. Such declarations are not needed. because what is within ourpower we can achieve anyway, and what l ies beyond that powrer, we cannot achieve.

Therefore purely tac t ica l considerations should shape the explanationswe give to th e world about th e steps we have taken. We, should proceed th esame way we proceeded in the cases of Norway, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium.In those cases we d id n o t s a y a n y t h i n g a b o u t o u r intentions, and, if ,; a reclever., we will not do it in the future either,

We will , therefore, point out tha t we were forced to occupy, organize,and secure a territory. Tn the interest of th e inhabitants we had to pro--vide fo r law and order, foods transportation, etc. That this is a prepa-ration fo r a final settlement should not be discernible. That should no tprevent us from taking a ll necessary measures, such as shooting, exportationetc . , and we wll do that, too.

We don't wvant to make ay people our enemies unnecessarilyv or too son.Weo will act, -therefore, as if re wanted to exercise a aa3te. Wi~f, ow~ieer,must un~ders tand fuly tht wre wll nhto reniember the following;l ~gion. Thus we have

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1. Nazis plan Russians Future (Con't,)

1. We sh o u ld n o t d o any th ing to o b s t r u c t a final s e t t l e m e n t ; r a t h e r ,

we should prepa re su ch a s e t t l e me n t secretl4;

2. we should emphasize that we bring freedom.

In particular, all foreigners shall be evacuated from the Crimea, which

must be settled with Germans. In the same way ol d Austrian Galicia will be-

come Reich territory. Today our relations with Rumania are c o r d i a l , b u t wed o n ' t know wh a t our relations at an y g ive n t ime in th e fu tu re will b e . we

mu s t b e p rep ared and m us t fix our b o u n d ar ies a c c o r d i n g l y. We s hou ld n o t d e -pend on th e good will of third powers. Our r e l a t i o n s with Rumania should be

governed b y this pr inc ip le .

The fundamental problem is to slice up this tremendous cake so that we

c an (1) ru l e it, (2) a d m i n i s t e r it, a nd '(3) e x p l o i t it.

Now, the Russians have issued an order to initiate partisan warfare be-

hind our lines. This partisan warfare has its advantages for us. I t gives

us the possibility to exterminate anybody who opposes us.

The presence of a military power W'eJt of th e U ra ls is c omple te ly ou t ofthe question, even if we must wage war for a hundred years in order to prevent

it. A ll successors of th e Fthre r must r e a l i z e t h a t th e s e c u r i t y of th e Reich

is guaranteed only wvhen no TfoTn military powver exists Neijst f the UraTs.Germapy must take over the protection of this region from all possible dangers.

Th e i r o n p r i n c i p l e is an d shall bey It can never be pe rmi t t ed that a ny o t h e rn a t i o n c a r r y a rms , o t h e r than th e German esc-- -

Th is is t r emen d o u s ly i m p o r t a n t and mhust be c a r r i e d o u t d e s p i t e th e factt h a t at p r e s e n t it seems e a s i e r to rely on th e armed help o f f o r e i g n , s ub-j e c t e d n a t i o n s . This is wrong p o l i c y ; an d i nev i t ab ly it w i l l t u r n a g a i n s t

us. On l y th e German should b e a r arms , n o t th e Slav, th e Czech, th e C os s a c k ,nor the Ukrainian.

Under no circumstances are we to conduct an inconsistent policy, as wed id in Alsace prior to 1918, The g r e a t e s t qua l i rT of th e Englishman is h is

c o n s t a n t p u r s u i t o f on e p o l icy, of one aim. In this r e s p e c t we must l e a r nfrom th e Englishman. use cannot let individual personalities shape our atti-

tude. Also in this respect the English attitude in India toward the Hindu

princes, etc. should serve us as an example: the soldier must always pro-vide security for the regime,

We must crea te a Garden of Eden ou t o f th e newly acq u i r ed Eastern re-gions. They are of vital importance to us . Colonies are of a secondary im-

portance comparatively. Even if we partition some parts of the territory now,

we should always proceed as p r o t e c t o r s of law an d of the popula t i ons . There-

fore, we must choose the expedient wording at present. We shall not speak

about a ne w Reich terr i tory but, rather, about a task made neceesary b y war.

In th e Baltic th e territory s t r e t c h i n g to th e Dina should be i n c o r p o r a -ted administratively after more specific consultation with Field MarshallKEITEL.

Reichsleiter ROSENBERG points out that in his opinion a different treat-

ment of thez population is necessary in every Commissariat. In the Ukraine weshould initiate a cultural program. The historical self-consciousness of the

Ukranians is to be awakened, a university founded in Kiev, etc.

In return the Reichsmarschall d e c l a r e s that in th e first place we mustthink about guaranteeing ou r food supplies; everything else ca n come much

later.

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1. Nazis Plan Russia's Future (Con ' t . )

ROS1BERG co n t in u es that it is n e c e s s a r y to foster some autonomous move-.ments in th e Ukraine.,

The Reich smar sch a l l asks th eFruhrer to

annoUncewhat

territory o r ter- -ritories have b e e n p r o m i s e d to o t h e r states.

Th e F u i r e r repl~ies that ANTOTESCU wants B e s s a r a b i a an d Ode s s a in a d d i t i o nto a strip l e a d i n g from Odessa l e s t -Nor thwes t .

To th e o b j e c t i o n of th e Reich smar sch a l l and ROSE1NBERG, th e Fithrer remarkst h a t th e new frontier r eques t ed b y A.NTONESOU only slightly ex ceed s th e o ldRumanian frontier.

Fur ther, th e FPh rer p o i n t s o u t t h a t noth ing definite ha s be e n promised tothe H u n g a r i a n s , Turks, or S l o v a k s .

Then th e Fhrer ' ubmi t s it to d i s c u s s i o n to decide whether th e o ld Aus-trian part o f Galicia s h o u l d be i m m e d i a t e l y a n n e x e d to th e G e n e r a l G o v e r n m e n t .

After various objections th e Fhrer d e c i d e s that it s h o u l d n o t come u n d e r the

G e n e r a l G o v e r m e n t but s h o u l d b e put u n d e r th e jurisdiction o f ReichsmiisterFRANK a t Le me rg (Lwow)*

Th e Reich smar so h a l l b e l i e v e s t h a t var ious parts o f t h e B a l t i c r e g i o n , i.e.the Forests of B y a l y s t o k , s h o u l d b e a n n e x e d to East Prussia.

T he Fhrer e m p h a s i z e s that the w h o l e B a l t i c should b e c o m e R e i c h territo'y.

Likewise, th e Crimea, t o g e t h e r w i t h a cons ide rab l e h i n t e r l a n d , should b e -

c o m e . R e i c h territory. T h i s hinterland s h o u l d b e v e r y extensive.

ROSENUBERG objects to this b e c a u s e o f t h e U 1 ' a n i a n s living in that terri-t o r y.

(Remark: S e v e r a l t imes now ROSEBERG ha s shown g r o a t interest for th eUkra n ia ns ; he a lso wants to expand the o ld Ukraine c o n s i d e r a b l y. )

The Fu h re r p o i n t s o u t in a d d i t i o n , that th e Volga. Colony an d th e reg ionaround Baku mu s t also become Gernan territory. It should become a German

M i l it a r y C o l o n y.

T he F i n n s w a n t East Iarelia, but th e K o l a peninsula s h o u d come to Ger-many on a c c oun t o f th e great n i c k e l d e p o s i t s t h e r e .

P r e p a r a t i o n s should b e made wi th g r e a t ca re to annex Fin land as a F e d e r-

a te St a t e . The Finns demand th e r e g i o n around Leningrad. The juhrr in tendsto level th e city to th e g r o u n d an d then g i v e it to th e F i n n s .

A s o m e w h a t lengthy discussion f o l l o w s a b o u t the capability of Gauleiter

LOHSE, who. is recommended b y ROSEIBERG a s G o v e r n o r of th e Baltic. ROSEDTBERG

p o i n t s o u t r e p e a t e d l y that he already spoke to LOSE, an d it would be v e r ye m b a r r a s s i n g if LOHSE w e r e not a p p o i n t e d . The we stern part o f the Baltics h o u l d go to KUBE u n d er LOUSE. ROSNBERG th o u g h t o f SAUCKEL for th e Unra ino ,

In opposition the R e i c h s m a r s c h a l l e m p h a s i z e s that th e m o s t i m p o r t a n t

p o i n t o f v i e w, which sh o u ld govern us e x c l u s i v e l y at th e t ine , is th e secu r ingo f . t he f o o d s u p p l y a n d , a s necessity d e m a n d s , th e w h o l e e c o n o y, roads, etc.

The Reich smar sch a l l claims t h a t KOCH s hou ld be co n s id e r ed either fo r th eBaltic, b e c a u s e of his g o o d k n o w l e d g e o f that territory, or the U k r a i n e , a s h e'

would c e r t a i n l y be th e b e s t a d m i n i s t ra t o r , possess ing th e g r e a t e s t initiativean d b e s t background.

The FBrkzer asked if KUBE could no t be considered as Commissioner fo r t~eMoscowj regon ~ROSEiVIBERG and the Rie* ~smaz'achall~ are of the opinion t h a t KUBE


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.. 1Nais Plan RLssiat s>Ftutur'e (Cori t)

has becomne too old for -that .

After repeated, suggestions' ROSEjiERG' declar~e3. that he .is afraid KOCH would

soon refuse to carxy out h is direcotives. I OOE has already said so himnself .The Reichsrarscha~l repl.ied tha t ROSENBBRC sh.ould not always lead these

,men by the nose; these men will have to work very independertly.

For the C4casian region ROSEI4.'T recomnmends h is t b l e i t e r SCTJ I CI -D Z, he repeatedly emphasized-that' SOHIOKEI2ANZWould ff i i his task very

oefl, bu t the Reichsmarsohall has his doubts.

ROSENBERG- then declared that LUTZ3 'made the proposition 'to him tQ instaJlvarious SA-Fuhrer; namely, SC FMATN;0_\ in Kiev, U.ATIIEY, Dr. B~lNThCK2, and ibITZ- ,W2ZShn Estonia , and 3 { r e x e i s t e r Dry DREXIR in~ Latvia~,

The 4 re r has no objection against the use of the'-S& idrer.-

ROSE1ThERG their declar'es tha t he received a let ter from RIB 3i7TROP inwhich he expressed the wish to have the Foreign Office brought into the, pica-ture also. He, however, requests th e izhrezr to state, that the 111ner develop-ment of the newy territories does not conderr- the Foreign Off ice. This viewis entirely shared by th e ' d h e r . It is su'fficient -"or the tide being thatthe Pore ign ;Office sends a liaison sal to Reichsleiter ROSENBERC.

The F 1 hrer declares that the most ipor n t region for. the next, threeyears will bethe Ukraine. Therefore, it wi4ll be best, if KQQH is sent there.

If S UOKIL is to be used,it

wuld be better to send hima to the Baltic.R SE N BER states that he would like to use SC ZSEIZYER, and ytA2WER-

BACH'as Cormiisars in the 1vo~cowDistr ic t . The Fubrer viri.shes that HOLZ be.given a position also aid that the a~minietrat ion of the Crimea should. go tothe' former Gaulsiter ,kUEEiMLJ.

ROSEBR also states that he mould.Also like to use Captain vor : TR$-DRFas a reward for, his .services. There is .general, consternation and fiSap- f

proval. The Fahrer and the Reichsmar$ohall declare that von ,EESDORFF isundobutedly mentally, distur~bed.

ROS N\R RG also States that the Qb~rb .rgerrApister, of StuttgartSTRLhTN,has been reconwiended to h i i . Thre is ono objection agist that.

As IWUBE. is too old fo r the .tosco t D strict aacord ing to the Reichsar--sc and ROSEiaNDERG, KA CH E s1i ould take over that district.

(Tote to KOpy:Please reqguest right Way~the f i l es Godi en n te proposed organizationand. the propoed appointments from ]fr. isTh OR.,)

The Reichsm afschzalI (states also lhe would like to give th e Kola peninsulato Gauleiter TEROVE for exp l i ta t ion . The F{threz~ agrees to that.

T14eF{amer decl : es that far the time being LOHSE should take over theBaltic, i f he' believes, that he is fit fo r the tski, $CHTEsho ld take :.oscow1KOCH the Ukraine, FRAU'ELEID.the Crimea, TER13OVEJ Kola, and SCHICKEDATZ theCaucasus.

Then ROSEIN1BERO-opened up ,the question .o f security f'or the administration,

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push much more,- Otherwise, th e F f re r declares that the security forceswould be sp .'ead very th in . But th e Reichsmarehhall sha l l t ransfer all th etraining air f ie lds to the new regions and if it would become necessary, evenJU 52's could drop bombs in case of revolt*. The enormous terr i tor ies should

be pacified as fas t as possible, This can best be done by shooting anyone ,whoeven has a cross look on his face~

Feldmars ohall KITEL declares tha t th e inhabitants have to be made re -sponsible fo r the i r own belongings because it is not possible to post a guardfor every barn or every railroad station. The inhabitants should know thatanyone who does not ac t properly will be shot and that they will be made re -sponsible fo r every offense.

Answering the question of Reichsleiter ROSENBERG, the F h r e r declaredtha t newspapers shall be re-established, including those in.the U aine soas to provide a means to influence the population.

After a pause, th e F' pointed ou t tha t we must realize the presentday Europe is only a geographic term; in real i ty Asia extends to our formerboundaries,

Then Reichsleiter ROSENBERG explains the oganizational set-up, whichhe has in mind. He does no t intend to name a permanent deputy of the Rchskom.in advance, but the most efficient GeKmo,. should take over the representationof the Rohskom. at a ll times.

ROSEN ERG te ts crea:. t o u r .departronts of the _Rc skoi .

1. General Administration2, Polit ical Department3. . Economic Department4 Technic and Construction

(Remark: The Fulrer states that Church act ivi t ies are ou t of the-question.PAPEN has sent him a long memorandum through the Foreign Officein which it is stated that this is the appropriate moment to re-establish the Churches., But this is completely out of thoques-tion.)

The Reichsrnar c h a p - will attach MIin.Dir. SCHL TERER and RIEC1 to th eROSENBERG office.

Reichs le i ter ROSENBERG makes a request fo r a suitable office'building.He asks that the Soviet Trade bu~lding in the Lied urerstrasse be givento him, even though the Foreign Office is of the opinion tha t this buildingis extra- terr i tor ial . Th e Fire r replies t h a t th is is nonsense. Reicsminis.ter DZrLASElRS is told to inform the Foreign Office that the building shouldbe handed to ROSENBERG without further discussions

ROSENBERG then makes the proposition to appoint a l iaison man to the F11h--rer. This task should fall on his adjutants KOEPPENa The Filhrer agrees to

tha t and declares tha t KOEPPEN should take over the parallel function to H VEL.

Reichsministet Dr. A!.JI.RS then reads the plans he drew up . (See append )

A lengthy discussion follows about the competence of the RFSS. Evidentlya l l participants also keep the competence of the Rei hsmarschall in mind atth e same time. The Phre r and the Rc h s mr s c h a p repeatedly point out thatHIv1R should no t have a.different sphere of jurisdiction from what he has inthe f~ih bu t that tt one is bsolutely necessa~y.

The ~lre sayvs repeatedly that in ractice the differen4 will rapidlydisapear. He refers to he excelent co-opera lon bet~een the Army and th eAix Force on the front. In conclusion, it as deci.ded that the Baltic shouldbe named OstlEnd.


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The SS As A Criminal Organiza t ion

E d i to r s Note:

We have been approached by th e Iar Crimes Commission with the ' r e q u e s t ofhelping them to es tab l i s h th e f a c t that th e SS is a cr imina l o rgan iza t ion , n-ly bas ic ru l esand r e g u la t i o n s applying to theewhole organ iza t ion could be of

any us e in this connect ion . We do n o t have an y knowledge of an y b a s i c SS rulresor regu la t ions that could he lp to establish th e only to o well-known facFthatthe SS was a criminal organization; however, we have discovered a number of

passages in HIIMLER'S speeches to .the SS, g iv ing such genera l s t a t emen t s an drules we hope that these speeches wi: present a considerable contributionin th e determination of the fate of the Allgemeine-SS.

2. SS S e l f -S acr i f i e 1 Slave Labor

(Book 12 Fi le 3 : Excerp ts from HISI ER's address to th e Offiz ierskorps derLe i b s t a n d a r t e - S S Adolf, HITTR (Off i cer Corps of th e 1stSS Di v i s i o n ) on th e evening o f t he "Day o f Metz" (Receipto f the Histor ica l Nazi F la g - 1 9 ? ) :

"Many t h o u g h t s came to nYg mind t o d a y a s I watched th e S icherhe i t s po l i -zei, ably assisted by your men, bringing ou t these people. Th e same thinghappened in Poland in wea the r LS O degrees below zero, where we had to haulaway thousands, ton thousands, hundred thousands; where we had to have the

strength - you should hear this but also forget it immediately - to shootthousands of leading Poles, where we had to have th e strength, otherwise itwould have taken revenge on us later.

"Irt is easier in many cases to go into combat with a company than it isto suppress a resisting, unciv i l ized p o p u l a t i o n with a company; easier, t o o ,t han to make execut ions , h a u l away people, e v i c t crying an d h y s t e r i c a l women,or return our German brethren across th e border from Russia to take care of

them. I want to tell you: We have to beg in in th e 7 ffen-S to r ea l i ze t h a tth e activities o f th e Allgemeine-S5 an d th e p o l i c e , the wroZ f th e man ingreen u n i f o r m is just as valuab le a s yours . You must cons ider th e activityof th e SD man o r o f th e man o f th e SIPO as a p a r t of our whole- activity)

which is just.as essential to o ur e x i s t e n c e a s that o f c a r r y i n g arms . Youa re to be env ied , because if yo u do something, if on e o f th e t ro ops ach ievesfame, then one can talk about his being famous and he can be decorated. Itis much more difficult-- an d 1 don't want to u n d e r s t a t e your achievements;I would be the last on e to do that - but, believe me, it is much more diffi-cu l t , this sileit work, this silent activity, this guarding of our ideo logy,

this n e c e s s i t y of remaining steadfast in the ideals of the 5, this necessityof no compromise is very of t en very much more difficult.,

?'You canno t exist w i t h o u t th e Allgemeine-SS a s th e Allgemeine-S$ canno texist without you. The po l i ce canno t exist ithout the SS, bu t we a l so can"not e x i s t without th is execut ive branch of th e Sta te which is in our hands.The Fhrerkorps (Officer Corps) cannot exist w i t h o u t th e n a t i o n a l , political,an d educational institutions which we a re crea t ing now, b u t in tu rn we cannothave a rep lacemen t system w i t h o u t

con t ac t wi th th eyouth. We

canno t existwithout business enterprises. This is a field which is unknown to most ofyo u because nobody ever t a lked to yo u abou t it. TLell, let me tell yo u a fe wthings. The house building program, which is th e prerequisite of a healthy,

s oc ia l bas i s of the Gesamt-SS (Combined $3) an d th e F{hrerkorps , this housebuilding program cannot be imagined if IWtjould no t ge t the money from someplace. Nobody gives me the money as a gift; it has to be earned, and it isbeing earned by putting to positive work the scum of humanity, the jailbirds,and the habitual criminals. The man who guards these prisoners has a heavy

dh-ty,juyslfas t a n rho goes tru~closeq~ o~~ (I ~ o veitEsl t' of


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The SS As A Crin~aJ.lrRanization (Con't.)

2. SS Self--a~crifico Slave Labor Don't,)

duty 3 or 4 months...,.. In peace time I shal l form guard battalions which shallserve fo r three months. If the officers organize it the way it should be done,then it will no t be just a boring guard duty, but it wil l also teach the mento Light against these sub-humans and members of inferior races. This act ivi tyis necessary, as I told you before, (1) o cleanse these negative men from th eGerman people, (2) to put them to work to break stones and burn bricks so thatthe Fthrer can rebuild his big buildings, and (3) so. hat the money whch wemodestly earn with this can be turned again into houses, into ground and land,and into settlements, so that our men and officers can l ive,, that they havehouses in which they can have big families and many children. This in turnis also very necessary, fo r iV this good blood in Germany with which- we standor die does no t increase, we will never be able to rule th e world. It shouldbe clear to you that otherwise we would not be able to hold the great GernmanicReich tha t is jus t being created now, I have the conviction that we can holdit, bu t we have to fu l f i l l i t s conditions."t

3 . S S Ideals

(Book 16 File 13 Page 22: 4.10.43, From. fI:R's speech at the 3S-Gxippen-fer meting in Posen)

"lIt is basically wrong when we implant our whole harmless soul and spi r i t ,our good-heartedness, and our idealism into foroign peoples. This applies toHERDER who wrote Stimmen der VItlke' (Voices of Nations), evidently in a s ta teof 'drunkenness, with which he brought upon u s , upon his .descendants, such im-measurable sorrow and misery. This applies to the Czechs and the Slovenes whoobtained their national self-cons ciousness from us. Alone they were not evencapable of that; we had to discover it for them....

"One basic principle has to be the absolute rule for' the SS men: We mustbe honest, decent, loyal and comradely to the members of our own blood and tonobody else, what happens to a Russian, to a Czech does not interest me a bit .

oe wil l take the good blood of our type that exists among other nations by

kidnapping the i r children and raising them here with us, if necessary. Wheth-or or no t nations live in prosperity or starve to death interests me only asmuch as we need them as slaves fo r our ulr ; otherwise it is of no interestto me. Whether ox no t 10,000 Jriussian females digging trenches turn over andfa l l down from exhaustion interests me only as long as the anti-tank ditchfor Germany gets finished. We shall never be rough and heartless when it isno t necessary, this is clear. Woe Germans, who are the only people in the worldwho have a decent at t i tude towards an animal, we shal l also have a decent a t-t i tude towards these human animals. But it is a crime against men o f our ownblood that we should worry about them and carry ideals to them, so that oursons and grandsons- should have it more diff icul t . heha somebody comes to meand, says, 'I cannot build the anti- tank ditch with women and children,' and

t h a t 'It is in h u man because'they die from it', t h e n I h a v e to say, 'You ar e amurderer of your own blood because if th e anti- tank ditch is no t bui l t , themGerman soldiers will die, and they are sons of German mothers. They are ourblood'* The holy law of the future is : Our concern, our duty is towazardspeople of our own blood. We have to care for, them and th ink of them; we haveto work and fight fo r -them and fo r nobody else.. Everything else we can con-hsider as of no importance to us. This is what I want to inoculate into theseSS men, and I believe I, have already succeeded. I wish that the SS bear th isa t t i tude in mind when facing the problem of a ll foreigners, ' non-ermaniapeoples, especially Russian ... Every other attitude is soap-bubbles, fra dagainst our ovm'nation, and impedient o the early winyming of the w~r."'


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The SS A s A C r i m i n a l o rg a n i z a t i o n (Con ' t . )

t4. H L J1ER On Natural Se l e c t i o n

(Bo o k 15 File 12 :i6.9.42

Exce rp t sfrom

H~L.JR's speech b efo re amseble&.

SS 3a Polizeifthrer ca l led t o g e t h e r by 9'PROTZ,Ain his capacity as H S S P f for R u s s l a n d - S u d 4

"The really s t u p i d little man is n o t d n n g ero is f he d o e s n ' t have aleader. T h ere fo re , t h e f olowing t h o u g h t sh o u ld be i m p e r a t i v e for you. : W hen-ev er yo u f ind good b lood , you have to in it over fo r Germany o r you have tot a ke c a r e that it sh o u ld c e a s e to exist. U n d e r no c i r c u m s t a n c e s c a n it live

-if it stands on th e s ide o f our opponents....

". . . .From all these p e o p l e s we h a v e in front o f o u r e y e s , f rom all thishodgepodge o f Poles , Ukiranitne, G h i t e - R u s s i a n s , &b,, vre will tak der-every

distilled p u r e b l o o d - d r o p a n d , if itcannot

b etaken

o v er, itwill

b eex -

tinguished....

, . . . .Slowly we a re getting down to a fine selection. I figure to bringa couple hundred thousand children to Germany, some w i t h heir mothers, some

without, and to bring them up from th e age of 6 months or 1 year in th e T1SVhoes. This same applies to all other children and men of good blood. Youd o n ' t have to start w ith t h a t now. B u t you have to keep , y o u r ey e on it an dlo o k around now..,. -

"... 7Te, h av e to stick to the fo l lo w in g outline: 1Te ar e not to bringcivilization to this nation ( Rus s i a ) , I c a n repeat to y o u only wo rd for wo rd

grhat th e F. h r e r wants . It is enough (1 ) if ch i ld ren in sch o o ls learna th e t r a f - 4fic s igns so t h a t they dont ru n i n to o u r ca r s , (2) if they l e a r n the m u l t i -plication t a b l e up to 25 (5 x 5) and can count that far, and (3) if t hey l e a r nhow to wri t e their names. No more is n ecessax r. "


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5~ FITULR Welcomes I l e l i t imate Children

(Book I 'ile 191, Extracts from a document signed by 10RMNN dealing withsome observations mache by the F er 2+ .44)

Thefirst

7 art icles deal with stat is t ics of birth) th e need fo rchildren, the desia re tha t a ll women have as many children as possible,

.,

t In many cases! there mxists a possibili ty that young girls andyoung women who can't get married wil l conceive children from beloved men,If we consider that in the past as well as the present our soldiers givethei r l ives fo r our people, than it is self-evident that we rejoice andwelcome children from as P-any worthy women as ponsibl'e, t

9. "tTo refuse such women would not only be most stupid but the pointof view of a Pharisec. In most cases, these illegitimiate children are read,favorites of Fortune, Besides, a great number of the most famous en were

born illegitimately*"

10, "To indicate how narrowminded we consider the refusal of i l legi-timate children, I have ordered th e same financial assistance we pa y marriedwomen to all women c6 ocokers who bear such children: The birth of an ille-gitimate child shall not mean. punishment bu t good luck, and therefore con-tinuous assistance will be granted aside from, a single payment at the timeof birth."r

1. "Financial aid is not sufficient, however. We must demand that allVolksgenossen (Countrymen), and especially narried women, show a ll consid-s1 ,Eration r. tact to those women who pre t sented our people with illegitimate

chilcren."

6.' llKfTEL s Orders'I ' o he Gend rmerie

(Book 15 File 10; Speech by HIVSE1 at the- occasion of a meeting of theorramandeure de r Gendarmeriee,17 Jan 1941)

HFIvMffR outlines history of th e Gendarmerie, praises th e AustriAnGendlarmerie and it s traditions, exlais the meaning of the W o~ i "rlem"~(Man of Arms,), and emphasizes the importane of exercising their authorityand supporting each one of their al men, expecaally in occupied terr i tor ies ,

ie ontinues:

"

Now we have th e opportunity to rule foreign nations with a fvpeople. We will never accomplish this by judicial administrativemethods. With this systn the niasses will always outweigh us . Wecan- only accomplish th is by a soldierly tactic,..If you dismissth e f i r s t 20 cases by executions there .will not be another hundredfollowing, I will back each Commander who rules with an iron hand."t

He continues with, a pep-talk, saying they must carry out many additionaldut ies , due to the fac t tha t many of their ranks have been drafted by the Ar-my. He boasts about th e certain victory which is theirs, since only Englandneeds to be subdued., The next problerm then would be the return of Germany'ts

o colonies, He reminds them of the strenuous problems ahead and what is expect-ed of th e German policeman. Firs t he m s t be German, have the German ideals,an d be a German National Socialist. Second, he iuist be a soldier, and third,he must be a civil servant, He states that though Gendarms shouldn't concernthemselves with politics and everyday political questions, a t the same timethere should be .present a desire to promote German National. Socialism. - Heends the speech by intimating bettor living conditions for the after thewar but does not pro wise anything co r ci 0

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7, Aftermath To The I'rge Of 30 June 1934.

(Book 1 File 1: 2 reports on the conference of le adin-g SS men in the HotelMonopol, Breslau, "Aug. 12th, 1934; 1 somnary, written bySSAru. "ITTJ.E; 1 conclusioni, written by 55 G uf. 11TTTJ&)

Those present at the conf'ernece included: SS-.Orf. TITJH, SS~.Gruf,von WCYRSCH, SSA Of. -DACK, SS- r i f. HIIJJlBRIKD, SSObf. BIRTEiU3~N,SS-Stubaof. DU IRN, SS Stuf. itYT.JJR, SS-Htuf. ,TITTR2T, SS-Os tuf RICHTER,

SSStfvon BERIN. ST ubject: Investigation of the shooting of 4. Jewsand 2 Comunists in Si l e s i a , SD-Abschxitt XXL. (von '. T 2TTJE had been sentfrom Berlin to investigate.)

In connection with the purge of 30 June, 1934, SS men liquidated 4.Jews and 2 Commuxmists i~n Sile sia. During a meeting of the Reichstag on1.~3July, HfLflvtfER informed v. 71OYRSOH that the names of these.6 victims hadbeen added to the lists conmprising those who had been killed during thepurge. These lists had been sanctioned by HITLER himself. Accordingly,1rOXpRSH passedthis inform~ation to his Abscbxiittf1 firer (Regional CO of ~who in turn sent it down to the low~er units. As far as W;OY.RSCHwas concerned,this was a finished case for the SS. H~e thought and said that no court an dno judge had any further busis ss to investigate the case, a view quitejustified by cooperation of S, judiciary, and Reichs~ehr referred to laterin this tert.

However, the two cases in question bacae very complicated. Informedthat the names of the 6 victims had again been taken off the l ist , thejudiciary in Silesia consequently had, to arrest -and prosecute the murderers.Such arrests, according to HL'I/iER, were only made to cover up before foreigncountries. These arrests put several leaders of the S3 in a very un-pleasant posijtion. Their subordinates, instead of being promoted as promised,found themselves in jail 'expectin prosecution and, of course, felt thattheir leaders had le t them down. Tension caused by the arrest of 'the SS men,was further heightened by a telephone call from WPORSCE to LdG KRAU,R. Tobring mnore weight to his demand fo r the role ase of these men in o di ate ly,WOYRSCH tre atoned a terrific explosion unless the men were se t free. Thoughhe later denied this particular remark," FO0ISCMI did not remember just exactlywhat he had, said over the telephone.

This threat, together with several other remarks by ?WORSCII, causedthe judiciary to take preventive siiasures in cooperation with the Reichswehrto protect personalities and maintain peace in Silesia. The com~mandingofficer of the 2nd Cavalry Div. , Gen. v. KLEIST, imimediately called to askpolice f or protection of a, certain arsenal, the location of which was knownto the SS, because it was from this R i c h s vehr arsenal that SS menreceivedweapons for the purge of 30 June.

Meanwhile unrest in Sile sia grow, and tension botwen the 3S and theopposition became so strong that SS-Gruf. , iTTJE was ordered to investigste.He called a conference of severafer in Breslau to got a clear pictureof all Qveaats leading to this situation. Several pertinent facts wore un -covered:

a. The Reichswehr not only supplied the SS with weapons, but worked* hand in hand with them' during, and probably prior to,, the putsch

of 30 June.

b.';According to ots BRCI1TR, the judiciary had covered SA crimesfo r the last two years; SS-.Stubaf. DUN I MT alleged Genralstaatsol-wiait (Chief public prosecuter) SOCAEFR had 'worked in close coop-eration with SS-Stuf. JUL 11ll ; a cordi to evidence


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7. Aftermath-To the ua'ge Of,30 June 1934 (c

gained from the conference in Breslau, a l l the judiciary had ordersnot to arrest or prosecute SS men wh o murdered those later sanctioned.on the lists,

co During the first conference in which the purge was planned, it wasdemanded ,that the SD submit l is ts of such people slated fo r death orarrest during the action. These l is ts were then checked with specialmarks by th e SD, Chemnitz, indicating the type of treatment for eachcase. Lists fo r SD Abschitt VI were sanctioned, while those forSD Abschnitt XXI were not; However, the la t ter didntt particularlyask fo r approval. Chain of command went from Abschnitt XXT toChemnitz and from there to Berlin. When the putge" stafteChemnitzconstantly called for a report confirming exectution of orders. 5S -Staf. HIMPE and 55-Stubaf. SKARAES knew only about orders to kilr

S weinehundee (SO..). Therefore, they acted solely on orders whenthey instigated the murder of th e .4 ews an d 2 Communists.Staatsanwaltschaft (State Prosecution) claimed th e bodies of th e1 Jews and2 Communists had also been robbed by the SS men respon-sible for the killing, a fact vigorously denied by the SS. SS-Erigf.HILDEBRAND protested that there could be no justification w a s e v rto proceed against men wh o did nothing but obey orders,Note: Not only those actually having comiitted the crimes, bu t a lltheir superiors are fu l ly responsible for murder.

S S-Gruf. WIT'JE, while going through all th e evidence, makes the fol-lowing statement:

For th e sake- o f authority a h d faith. n' th e SSA ehverything must-bedone to protect and cover these men.....I se o no o her way but to havethe Flhrer himself order cancellation of this case, I do believe theFlhrer will fully support those me n when he learns that they have actedsolely on orders.tt

He Moses t h e conference with the following words:

"Actions in this case are based on orders. Right or wrong is no tthe point. I believe these me n should not have to stand before aninvestigative judge. The men wh o have caused this stink against theSS, these men should be taken to account and suffer the consequences. "

8. HI{ ILER's Order On Removal Of All Inhabitants From The North Ukraine AndMiddle Russian

(Book 6 File 31: "Reichsflhrer Befehlel?, 10.7.4-3)

"1. The Fthrer has decreed that all the population in the territoriesof the North Ukraine and of Middle Russia are to be evacuated.

2. - All men capable of work arc to be assigned to the Reich Commissionsfo r the Arbeitseinsatz (Allocation of Labor) in accordance withorders to

'be published; Lhey a to be treated as prisoners of war.3. All women are to be assigned to the Reich Commissioner for the

Arbeit-seinsatz and will be used fo r works projects in the Reich.I . Part of th e women and the orphans will be sent to ou r Auffangb1ager

(reception camps),5. In cooperation with the Reichsernghrungsmninister (Mvinister of Food)

and the Minister fo r the occupied Eastern Territories, the HSSPf will takeover management of these evacuated terr i tor ies . Cultivation of Kok-Sagys(Rubber Producing Plants) and, as far as possible, agricultural projectsare to be planned 4 Children's camps are to be located along the boundariesof these territories, keeping these children as laborers at our disposal,

Final plans 'are to be submitted to m e as wo n as possible."1

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9. HITLER Laments

(Book I File 24 : D ig es t of a co n fe r en ce a t th e t olf schanze ,51 J u l y, 1944..Pr e s e n t : HITLER, JQDL, FEGELEfl 1, TALi ONT , e t c .

Conference lasted from 2 3 5 3 to 0058.)

HITLR saks for an h o u r , o n ly r a re l y i n t e r r u p t e d o r answered by JODLan d FEGELEIII The w a r situation is HITLER's c o n c e r n , , th e Eastern F r o n t h a st 9 be establishcd; th e shortened sphere of opera t ions there is by no meansa di sadvan tage . In Italy HITLER would n o t s t a y at th e Appenian Fron t , yethe wants to continue to hold down as mazxr enem forces as possible. On the

:Test F r o n t if France is lost, th e strting p o i n t of th e U-boa t campaign islost w ith it . Only s u per i o r i t y in th e air can improve th e situation inFrance. HITLER fears most a Russ i an break-th ough and th e treat to th ehomeland, but he blieves it ca n be ave r t ed . Some o f HITLER's remarks proveth e su ccess of th e p s y c h o l o g i c a l wa rfa re used by th e Russ ians and also show

f e a r of sp ie s in his ow n ranks.

He n e x t t o u c h e s t h e Balkan countries with r a t h e r g e n e r a l referencesto Turkey, Bulgar ia , an d H u n g a r y. I I n connec t ion with th e latter he f e a r sa c o u p d'etat by HORT- i . HITLER also fears a lading b y th e Allies anyvherealong th e Balkan coastline an d t h i n k s it , -could be catastrophic. However,he cots on disagreements between Ru ss ia and. England fo r dominat ion o f t h i sarea an d co n seq u en t ly d o u b t s an i n v a s i o n a t that p o i n t .

Moving back a r m i e s , new l i n e s o f de fense , keeping' certain p o r t s inFra nc e to ho ld up Allied supply lines, d e s t r u c t i o n o f all territory leftto th e advancing Alies ( i n c l u d i n g Reich territory) are HITLER's n e x t top ics .

Al tays "apparent is h is distrust of his own army g e n e r a l s , and he even sugges t sdrawing up i n c o h e r e n t p l a n s which m e n somi;ething only to th e fe w p r e s e n t an da s ma l l staff he is about to c rea t e . In that connection he again voices h is

fear o f esp io n ag e a s well as o f in cap ab le le I e r s in his otian army. Fu r t h e r ,he s t r e s s es th e importance o f a 'mobile army, t r y i n g t o m a k e as many unitsas p o s s i b l e fully mobi le ,

Some e x t r a c t s from conversa t ion a t the conference:

HITLER: "To call a iiacn like TITO 'a L - a r h a l is absolutely correct. Ama n who has practically o mater ie l at h is d i s p o s a l , who keepsa full cner r fo rce c o n s t a n t l y on th e alert, and who always

r e c u p e r a t e s from our' blows deserves this title much moreso than some o f o u r owni C o l o n e l enerals ad Field a r s h a l swho cou ld n o t ope ra t e skillf ully with th e finest machineth e world has ever know ."

HITLER(i r l re bomb plot against his life): " B e c a u s e of miy ears I willn o t be. alOlc.td go . p y4n. :a l ly , for the n t oight ys" If '

only one was hea l ed , I would n o t care a d would then risk it .But if I -would board a plane in this cond i t ion with all th en o i s e an d pressu re d i f f e r e n c e it migh t l ead to a ca tas t rophy.

And what would happen if I suddenly developed an i n f e c t i o n ofth e ear? I would have to be treated. As. l ong as th e wound

is open t h e r e is d a n g e r o f infection. This (p ro b ab ly referringto th e bomb) did not pa ss my 1dead writhout some effect."

PEGELEIN: "Everyone p r e s e n t g o t a m i n o r concuss ion o f th e brain."

HTIR:\ "O f c o u r s e , I can stad up all right, even talk f o r a t i m e ,

b u t suddenly I have to sit down. Today I would no t dare to

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H~TLE~R Lanen~ts (con't)

address a gathering of 10,000 people. I wouzld not darxe todeliver a speech as I aid recently at the oexalzberg; Imight get a sudden attack and collapse. Even while wtllking,there ar'e times vihen I suddenly must pull i seli' together.Yet, if all goes wrong, I will do almost anything, of course.I don't care. I will enter 4 sin~gle engined plane as a fore-.w:ard gunner, so that I will get there fast, (?) I don't careat all."

(Book 7 File 29: )

Editors note:;

The following is a translation of H 2MR's notes on a. onversationwith the Jap~anese . xbassad r General OSI ". Note the frankness withwhich OSHIUt.tells HLIIJLR about his activities as head of the Japaneseespionage and. sabotage organizations against Soviet Russia. (It should beremembered that the Japanese also _haid -n oelelnt espionage ser'vice workingin Germcn.) 2lso note the plot agai4 st ST ,Im's life.

" J usxy 1, 1939; Todc r I visited GenoraJ. OSHLJL. Our conversationdealt with the 'following topics:

1. speech by the Fiihrer which the General liked very much,particularly it s intellectual foundation.

2. I We discussed ratifiQation of the treat~y which draws thetriangle of Gernany Italyr, -nd Japan even more closely together.Hie told me further that togetheZ with the Gorman 1'bwlehr ('7hraeht

-.S), ho is carrying out long.-range subversive activities in Russia.The starting point is the Ukraine and the Caucasus. ; However, thisorganization -will become eff ective only in case of war.

3. Even better than that, he had been able to smuggle 10Russians carrying bombs across the Caucasian border. Their ordersgore to assassinate STAX1IN. AL . mber of other Russians, also to besmuggled across, were shot at the bor~1or,

4.. ife next discussed the 1Ioha .i:edan movement. Hie said aJapanese officer had boen working in af'ghanistan. However, thisofficer was expelled because he was suspected of attempting tooverthrow the fghanistan. governiont. I told him I had a policeofficer there myself, nd once he got a new man assigned thereP thetw o of them could work very well together.

5. He told me con idontially he had bought real. estate inFa].hensee under a false name. Six Russians are employed there, writingand printing paaphlets. 'Then -inds ar'e favorable,, these pamphletsare sent from Poland to Russia by means of small balloons,.lHe gotnews and proof that they got to Russia all right and that peopleeagerly distributed them in the open~.


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? OSH' ~RR3~d6. He a lso had b o u g h t a motor b o a t to b r i n g h a n d b i l l s from

Rumania across the B l a c k S e a to the C r i m e a . Th o u g h this plan turnedinto a failure last fall, h e will try o n c e mo re in th e s u n m e r,

D e r Reichs fuh re r. -SS:

s ig n ed : 1 . Hli R"

11. Random Thoughts

(Book 2 ,File 37:)

Th e following a re notes o n some t h o u g h t s o f Heinrich HlIvi R. T heR e i c h s f 1 u h r e r - S S v o i c e d them o n various subjects o n different occasions.

Evidently o n his trips he w as a c c o m p a n i e d b y o ne o f his ardent followersw h o s e m a i n task w as to m a k e careful notes o n his r e m a r k s s o a s to preservethem for posterity. The i d e a s o f th e R e i c h s f I . r e r - S S in th e economic, soial,an d e t h n o g r a p h i c fields may seem contrary to th e recent trends in t h e s e

sciences, but n o b o d y 'cal deny that they represent radical solutions.

Notes On Remarks Of Th e Reichs f ih re r-SS Made On 14 August 1942 AfterHis Trip To .ev.

'There th e eichsfurer-SS visited different museums, th e B a c t e r i o l o g i c a l .

Institute an d other institutions, but m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f all, he inspected th eS c h u t z s a n s c h a f t (Police-) .Battalions. He, dec l a red a t d inn e r t h a t it becameclear t o .h i m after the inspection that all m en of p u r e race s h o u l d b e in thefirst company, s o a s to separate them f r o i th e other meen o f th e S c h u t z m a n n -scaft. T h a t means that a seleotion would take place, first o n th e basis ofe y e s i g h t , t he n . on th e b a s i s o f h e i g h t , an d f inal ly on thle b a s i s o f th e a c t u a la c h i e v e m e n t s of th e individual u n d e r battle conditions. Then, given due t i m e ,their general attitude toward women, their, hivalrous manner, their respectfor private property, their fighting ;.ability, etc. c o u l d be t a k e n into

c o n s i d e r a t i o n . "

"The Reichsfuhrer-SS also m e n t i o n e d that there w o u l d b e a similar

process to the selection which teo1 place during the Kampfzei t (pre-1933days). A t that t ime only a few w r e s e l e c t e d and o f these few o n l y a fe wwere finally r e ta ined . "

"The Reich s fu h re r -SS was of th e o p in io n that the r o f acceptanceof tips is a good indicat ion o f the character of an individual. On that basis

y o u ca n distinguish for ' example a pman from Schleswrig-Holstein from a man inC z e c h o s l o v a k i a . Th e first w7ould refuse a c c e p t a n c e w i t h i n d i g n i a t i o n , whereasth e Czech w~dould take th e money with b e n t back and p ro fu se thanksgiving."

."The ReichsfuJtrr-SS s a i d t h a t the s o c i a l problem can be solved bykilling half of th e p e o p l e s o a s to appropriate their l a n d . The Bceichs-

f~hrer-SS voiced this same belief dur ing the Kampfzdit and later again to.-A L L on his trip to Firnlland."

"The R e i c h s f i l z r e r - S S also r e m a r k e d that standards s h o u l d . b e h i g h .T h a t way on e always g e t s a few good me n who s tan d o u t above t he se h ighstandards. That was the c a s e in the meetings d u r in g th e electios campaigns."

"In the Caucasus ' and th e Crimea there a re some remnants o f th e Goths. Hewants to bring them o u t f rom t h e e an d ge iknan ize th1erm1."

"The Reich~s~lhs'r..S branded as id io t ic the sggesion~ to print biblesfor. the U~rnicnS."1

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11. Banidon .thoughts (Oon't)

"After the tsar S - u h e would be sent to all coUitries to elimiilatp thegood blood by kidnapping the children. The SS-F11hrer vwou Ld appear in civilianclothes in the role of a charitable men and. would do something good for thechildren. Ho would te l l then stories about a free land and take them toG ermiaxn. Of course, he would do that through an inteoedioz'y in F' nnaxid tomake it inconspicuous. In this "way he would attempt to bring back the. goodblood. If we wuldaucoeed to kidnap 1000 men yearly out of France in thisrmanner, the effect would be quite noticeable in due time,"


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PART II

ACCESSION LIST

All emeiner Schriftwechsel(General . Correspondenoe)0 K

;DocumentFile ;Dated

36 Polder containing photostatic copy of docments pertaining No Dateto HIT M ;s genealogy, (Sta olst. Linz)

28 Letter fromHRLV5,JL~R to Gsle i t e r HOPE~R, Innsbruck, referring 18, 2..x5to a le t ter (..1.4-5) from 110FR hiohz must have dealt withth e diff icul t ies of finding accoanodations for .evacuatedpeople. HIMrfTR r e f e r s him to St. Sek Dr. STUCKART.

27a Three le t ters dealing with the expected, child of a Hiss 30.1. i5GATZNE'RT; SSA G.Fauleiter SC I SS1MI'T is the father; 1;iss G4 12,2.45to be sent to Lebe ibornheim (Nursing Home) "MoclJ.and tt in 12.2.45Bavaria,

~7Note on the muunition anid war plants of !%anfred ' ZISS in No DateHuingary. 45% of this factory is in Jewish hands; theyare to be paid 3 Million ReichmarkIs in oreitgn currency,,guaranteed an exit to Portugal or Switzerland, while 9members of the f ami y are to stay behind as hostages. The-firm to be taken over by Hi SIR, at f i r s t for 25 years.

26 Letter from SS-OCFBERGER, General der Waffen-SS, to H R~ 26.9.4Deals With the warsiutolc of stamina among theofficers, riot the mien, GM ING, and RIB13EITTR0P of no valu~eonly HITLER, H I .R , and C EBBELS; peace with Russia wouldforce CHUJRHILL out,$ make .O0SEVILT reelection doubtful .

25 Note fo r Reichle i te r BOLAM in re phone call by Stabachef 4.9~2(Chief of Staff) SOT PM51N -Who suggests use of the SA tot ra in , a ll remaining men at home.

24. Conference of HITLER and JODL at the "Wolfascharize." Present, 31.7.2L4HiTT R Genob t . 5OL ,Ge, r R I OMNT,rf. i CELEIN , b st.vs. BELOT, Obstlt. v. MSBERG, Obstlt. ? AL Z{EC ERY, aJBLtCS. (See text: Neo.9, Page 12)

4

23 Copy of le t ter from FRANSK to HITTER. Deals with the "Regierungga. 13.7.24trypp" (literally: Government Troops. Meaning here uncertain)originall.y stationed in Bohemnia and la ter moved to the I ta l ianfront. According to FRANK, this regiment, consisting of some5,000 men, is a damrzger to the war, as there are many desertersamong them, their morale is low, and they are most susceptible-to foreign propaganda. A complete battalion, stationed nearthe Swiss border, ways .'!0L, probably across the border. FRIUITsuggests, since reprisals taken against their relatives provedno remedy, to move the regiment out of Italy, declare them"without honor", house them in . special camrps, and use themifo r construction work inside the Reich.

22 Note of a conference with HTh ER (does. no t indicate who the 29-5-L4other person was - probably BROmT). This report refers topersonal talks. mostly dealing erath foreign affairs, bu t not


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f2lgemeiner Schriftwieohsel (Con' B 0K

in Hungry; . i s i t by D. NT.N ;. a bra ch of neutrality bySwitzerland in re sorte machine;

relea.se of~ some Swedes whowere condermed to det~th; deoorations for' foreigners; ex.-change of letters. between j11TT0I\ESCUnd. KILLUER; escapeof English officers; case Vogue. the case of some Ito inSS divisions.

21 Letter fro flans JOHST to Hfli 1tIR; four typgvritten pages con-~ 3.4.44toixning nothing but the nst flattering compliments -for II IL~lER'sability to miake the perfect spec eh and i pe $s his oudi~eice.

20 Letter frome SS-0cG BERGER to H~I;+R, It opposes an enclosed 18.3.44.letter, defending certain acusations and pleading forunderstand4ing of

the situation. The letter referred towJas writtent by an Andreas L:mBW!1 T, dated Bucharest, 1.1arch13 , 1944, and deals with the excesses, lack~ of character,plotting, and in ge neral the disgusting mnode 9f life ofBERG+R' s son-in-law, , Z.ndr as SC H a,~1sking BEG1R tq me kea decision. It is interesting - o road aout the filth anddirt of one of the 85 amen, even mo to read the notes 2DERGERscribbled an this report in an effort to 'ihd excuses fo routrageous actions.

L~I.etter from ASS-BO $t. Seg. Dr. S tC I' to S-Stof. Dr. ER JD, 2.5.44.12 enclosing 4letter from R i h s e i t e r BQORPJ\ThTto STUJCKAcRTvh1chdeals with thoughts

of HITLE2Rin xie illegitim:ate children.(Seq text: No.5, Page 9)18 Letter from SS-,Oruf' von I { to SS-(stub c. Dr. B P1lT inxre ?.'2.44.

SS Q v5 OT; also a letter (some date) in re Dr. HOG1LE.Both letters deal with rather ;personal. ;Natters of no particularsignificance.L copy of z{.R' s letter to v, . T7YRSCHIisadded.

2Pour letters and one life history by erne s t Karl W7aldem~arvon 2.112.42WM.H (Officer in Czarist Zxny). Though outdated, they deal 9. 2.43with. rathc*r interesting th ion s in re war strateg r, foreign 2.3,,41

r'elations, race prob Lems, Anid political and.,econo4c thoughts &,4.4-3'or the post War~ period, Reference to gas warfare.

16 Copy~of ee discussion ' be tveea fTLE and various leaders at the 29.1.44' a z e t iur (HITLER' s 0poxat . nal Hq.) Title:"Securing t e'Future of the -erman People." This r'eportdeals exclusively with thq problem of shortage of 'ble mento bring about a higher rate~ of birth. " i j i t arily, thewar w ll be won;, but as a people, it will be lost." Pzincrease of illekitimate children is to be e ,couraged by41l methods of propa~ganda, 'help on part of the State, endby a different mr lc e de .

SConference be twe e d I~ITLER and QUISJ.JTT (L. 2E'RS and.B0R2 NN 21.1. *44.also present) in the Puhrerhis tg u ar t i r Lenghty con-versation in re cn6ditions .nl Toway-, with QUISLNG. tryingto persuade HITLER to allow More indqpendent action onpart of the KNor,-egian. M:~iisters. BITLE repeats phrasesabout the blood paid by the Germian soldiers; so he ca n atleast expect that other nations help do the work. QUISLINGw,.ants to have Europe Qomlaletely recorganized, and added to


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a. ;

Ailgemeiner Schri4twechse1 (Con't) B 0 0 K I

joined b y the r e m a i n i n g European States. This p r o p o s e dcharter consists o f 12 articles; its principle s e e m s to besome k i n d of U n i t e d States of E u r o p e wi th G e r m a n y in thepresiaing an d d o m i n a n t position. There is n o c o m n e n t onHIThER's part, at least not attached to t h i i s plan, but itis only m e n t i o n e d that QUISL[TG s u b m i t s a copy o f what seemsto be his ow n ideas o f su ch a Bund.

1L;. ist of l e ad ing officials of th e SS (51 a l t o g e t h e r who d id 4 . 1 0 . 4 3not attend the meet ing in P o s e n . ( S p a c e left for thosewh o r e a d th e s p e e c h by =1iflfLER. Only four of the 51 a r e

crossed off a s h a v i n g read that s p e e c h ) .

13 setter from H L J E R to SS-OG rbYENBERG. Sugge s t s t h a t 27.8.4.3certain officers, e x p e r i e n c e d in partisan warfare, b e u s e d ,

regardless o f their rank, and in preference to higher officers

who l a c k this e x p e r i e n c e .

12 E x c h a n g e of congratulatory letters b e t w e e n IiL.IIER an d SA-OGF 18.8.43

Wilhelm SCHPMA Th T to th e latter's appointment as "tFuhreerr derGeschafte des Stabschef (Acting Chief o f S t a f f - o f SA)

11 L e t t e r from HL ; vIEIR to Dr. FRMA 1 , Governor Ge ne ra l in Krakau. -. 8 . 4 .Protests the latter's disclosure to Dr. LAJ:.flBRS of the

arrest of a c e r t a i n LAKTIOITO7, a Ru ss ian p a r t i s a n . ITI'!fi'ERaccuses FRJWIK of making a r e p o r t e r o f himse l f w ith o u tw a i t i n g for results an d h a s g i v e n o r d e r s f rom now on to p a s s

on i n f o r m a t i o n to FRANIK o n l y after a case is c o m p l e t e d .

1 0 Copy o f a letter f r o m G u i s e p p e S. LI ;3FETI to M 1 ar sch l l 3ADOGLIO 1 0 . 8 . 4 3

(Pre sen t ed to th e German Ambassador a t th e Q u i r i n a l ) . Thew h o l e letter consists o f accusations, m o s t l y o f p e r s o n a lnature a g a i n s t BADOGLIO fo r h is ous t ing o f th e Duce, in-co h eren t an d s tupid r e i a r k s couched in mo s t d isgus t ing terms.

Names o f certain l e a d i g i Italians a re m en t io n ed in thisco n n ec t io n , AFIE~RI, de BONTO, etc .

9 Decree by H LETIR. Spec ia l p r i v i l e g e s fo r th e ,ohammedan 6 .8 .45members o f th e Waffen-S'S and police. In a c c o r d a n c e with

their religious laws, t h ey a re n o t to be s e r v e d p o r k or

to drink alcohol.

8 - , C o n f e r e n c e be twe en H E L L R an d the Dutch l e a d e r UJSSERT. 8.7..43D eals with th e TSjD, H o l l a n d ' s r e l a t i o ns h i p to th e Reich,and th e d i ffe rence be trtwreen imperialism and th e Germanic i d e aof e m p i r e . 1USSIERT makes. a n u m b e r o f m i n o r complaints to

HI UIEER, which th e latter d i s mi s s e s w i t h typical phrases,promises, and threats.

7 L e t t e r from IORHER, i n s p e c t o r o f statistics, to Hi.LEIR. In Be r l i nre the R u s s i a n A r i y. Very interesting and revealing 27.3 .1+5

statistics o f R u s s i a n birthrate c o m p a r e d to that o f G e i m a n y.

Estimates of Russia n manpower, comparison o f eligible age

g r o u p s in R u s s i a an d Germany. KOPJ-TIEiRRs c o n c l u s i o n : R u s s i a

is n o t inexhaustible; it is heavily hit, b u t still it is th emost noteworthy adversayry.

6 Conference of high off ic ias of Rich to decide the fate of 6.7.41Russ-ia~ (See text: No.1l, Pae


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Aligemeiner Schriftwechsel (Crnot . .) B 0 0 K

Tr a n s l a t i o n o f a dccurnent, entitled " Sign i f i cance o f th e SS 13..L.

in th e new Reich,"l handed to th e French Delegation a t fh e

Armistice Commission, Foreign Affairs, iesbaden.. Summary

of pas t , . present,.: an d f u t u r e . o f th e SS and it's tradition.Attached is an o rd er by HPI'LER that-This document s h a l lsomeday be u sed for th e h i s t o r y of th e SO., Also a t t a c h e dis a translation from th e Br i t i s h w i r e l e s s Pre s s in resecret document (21 Mar 1941) found during the Lybian

campaign. This d e a l s w ith th e func t ions of th e Ivaffen-Sin greater Germany,. according to a decree b y HITLER in re

the future State P o l i c e .

4 Mtemorandirt by U111JilfE +R presen ted to HITLER.- Eased on a 24.6,.40document entitled,. "Evaluation of th e experiences of the

German settlers in the East up until 1933.11 (Thisd o c u m e n t is attached) HTIiv ER explains the m i s t a k e s made

at th e earlier period o f settlement a n d th e Polish

predominance at that time, suggesting new methods to

germanize this Eastern Territory.

3 Notes of a converstation after lunch, during which HITLER 7.3 .38talked a b o u t th e p r o b l e m s o f heredity. Main point:

Neither in State no r in Party S h o u d blny position bei nhe r i t ed . .

2 8. 2a I n v e s t i g a t i o n o f th e or ig in an d whereaboutso f a c e r t a i n

1936-37

flag.. 22 letters..

1 2 reports on the conference of leading S3 men in the Hotel 12.8.34

Monopel,. B r e s l a u ; 1 summary, writtehby SS-Gruf . WITTJE;'

1 conclusion,.written b y SS- G r u f . VdITTJE.

(See Text: No., Page 10 )

"1'Verschiedenef" (Iviscellaneous) B 0 0 K 2

h::O Ne w Year's G ree t in g from HIM\FLER. 193 7-45

39 HII'7LER's p er so n a l bills.

38 L e t t e r to - Hstuf SCIREIBER from BERG in re filing o f t o p i c s 1935-43d i s c u s s e d between HITLER an d HIJLER.. (L i s t of he a d ing oftopics attached)

37 1 . s c e l l a n e o u s e x t r a c t s from speeches an d informal remarksmade by H e n E R . . (See text: No. 11 , Page 14)

Conference between OG B PRI.iTZ11ANN an d FD'LER, OGF WOLF, OGF

LORENZ, GF Hans JOHST, GF 5LFAFEN, GF KORSMiA NN, GF STUCKART,

GF KOFLUCH, GF ERGR, GF GREIFELT, B THOKAS, OF Dr.

11 YER, OF HOF'i -ETER.R ese t i t l em en t o f 4O-45,00d racial Germans n e a r Shitomir. P r o p o s a l

b y D r. STUCKART to t a k e th e territory o f C a u c a s i a away f rom

th e a d mi n i s t r a t i o n o f th e inistry fo r Eas te rn Te r r i t o r i e s( O s t m i n i s t e r i u m ) . . HIMi'WLER said that he w as responsible for

the Racial ermans and would brook no interference from the

R u m a n i a n s .

HIIith LE R dec l a red that he hoped Pope PLUS XI would live 29 .1 .39an o th er 10 ;years, . as such a good Pope would n ev er be

in office again...


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I'Vers chiedenes"I (C onIt)

HTTLER bestowed th e "Verdienstkre Itz" Cross of Merit on do-- 9,1~39

s e r v i n g mothers an d HmEIMUER in ten d ed to i s sue an o r d e r tothe e ffec t t h a t all SS o ff i c e r s ha d to salute these women.

HIIUlVIIER said. he intended to spend the next te n years to beatth e p eo p le , as on e can't a c c ompl i s h t h i n g s w i t h kindness .

Dur ing a visit to th e 1uelsburg, HI11IBR remarked to GF -. 1 . 3 9TAUBERT that he wanted a s p e c i a l l a y - o u t fo r gold an d

silver t r e a s u r e s in th e c a s t l e # first fo r r easo n s oftradition and second fo r tines of need,

Remarks by HIIIIIER a bou t German Language and o ld German 15.12.38

customs, At a dinner-par ty HILR made thy; fol lowingremarks about SCHA.CHT:

"In 1933 or 1934 SCHA.CIiT app l ied fo r membership in th eSS. He is such a good liar that it took y e a r s to f i n d

o ~ t that he spoke th e u n t r u t h , SCHACh'I n e v e r sa id t'MeinF ror ! b u t always 'Herr Kanzler r IEUER ordered t h a t

if a member o f h is p e r s o n a l staff ha d an accident! an SSofficer always ha d to sit at the bedside to hear what

matters (not for publ ic knowledge) the p a t i e n t d isc lo sed ,

HIIvTER tells a b o u t th e first me e t ing between HITLER an d 30.1 .38

RIBBENTROP an d HINDEBURG18 s o l i c i t u d e fo r HITLER.

Lis t of incoming mail . (Bir thday gree t ings , etc.)

S I n t e r r o g a t i o n of Genobst, v. FRITSCH for homosexual p r a c t i c e s ;

R t HUBER an d ir~ Dir, BEST conducting the proceedings.7 Letter to H h;lER from MUSSOLINI. 14.8.44

6 D i s s e r ta t i o n on a book "Die drei .Ewigen" (The three e t e r n a l s ) 26.10.36

a b o u t the- old Germanic customs an d concept ion.

Results of SA . sport ing competitions compared to SS 1939performances,

1 Booklet on Wiederverkrp erung (ne-incarnation)

2 Rules and bylaws fo r the andes1auernralto (Regional Agri- 4.436cultural Councils)

2 flIT1iIR's s h o o t i n g certificates for th e year 1935 .

Vor t ra g s -N o t izen B 0 0 K 3

HI12II1ERs p e r s o n a l n o t e s on top ic s to be d iscussed wi th 1933-34

HITlER, with th e inisters, Reichsle i t e r s (Nazi Par ty

Nat iona l Leaders ) , an d Genera l s . Th e note s a re v ery

fragmentary an d give scarce ly an y information.

B( O K 5

Persona l file ?RFSS. Cut t ings from newspapers , -German an d No Date

f o r e i g n , deajTng with HI!IP LER

Awl


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RFSS (BefeblO Orders From Nov. 1934 To Feb. 19450

O r i g i n a l o r d e r s signed by HI1ThffR d e a l i n g mstly with r o u t i n emat te rs , th e most interesting of which a re quoted here,

126 Order concerning the SS..FHA. and th e SSPHA.e Creat ion of a 10,2.,45Personalant d e r W1Jaffen- S in the SS-PHA.,

2 4 D i r e c t i v e s f o r th e meetings of members of th e Hungar ian 8 .1 ,45M1inistries with th e SS and the Pol i ce ,

119 To H.Gr. W d.ohsel (Army Group). Use of displaced persons. 13,2045

116 Ban on c lo se relatives working in th e same o ff i c e s o r in 1#12.44

th e sane town if t h e p o p u l a t i o n is l e s s than 300 ,000 .

I ns t ruc t i on fo r th e au toma t i c arrest of all p er so n s who fail 2012,44td report to the police in Italy, Hungary, Slovakia) and

Croatia.

113 Duties of th e SS-PHB in th e light of th e inc rea sed activities 17.12,44of th e SS .

109 Combining th e SS E r nzun sstellen (S Recriiting off ice s ) -.. 124(?1an d th e Annahmestellen (Registration.Offices) forprospec t ive army officers under one command.

103 Order that the staffs of Orpo should be reduced so that more 7.,44men are made available for ac t ive service.

24. Crea t ion o f th e i\achrichten~hrer (Comunica t ion Chief) 27. 7.44a t t ached to th e HSSPF, an d h is d u t i e s ,

9, Subordination of th e Zollrenzs hutz (Frontier Control . Guard) 31.7.44to the IFSS,

Ph o t o s t a t i c copy of an order d e c l a r i n g that all u n i t s s ta t ioned 3 , 5 . 4 4orto'be s e n t to Italy a re to be co n s id e r ed as Jaffen-SSunits with the exception of Police formations.

82 D i s s o l u t i o n of th e P o l i s h Schutzmannschaft Bataillon 202, 8,5.44

71 Re c r u i t i n g for the SS-Helferinnen-Iorps (SS Female Auxiliary 31.5.44

Corps) handed o v er to BERGER.

L9, d orde r conce rn ing . the new boundar ies of the SS - 20.2,.4

Oberabs chnitte,

58 The jur isdict ion of th e BEinsatz-Bat1, (Battalion Task Force) 20,2,44"SDirlewanger.tI

2 Juri sd ic t ion of th e SS. 9,10,43

44 Order concerning S personnel in th e Ukraine, 19910943

4 SS and promotion in the Armed Services. 1.9.43

3 Order fo r the removal of all persons from the 10,7,43Bandenverseuchten ( G u e r i l l a i n f e s t e d ) districts ofNorth Ukraine an d th e centre of Russia, and di rec t ivesfor th e d i s p o s a l of these p er so n s . (See text: No.8, Page 11 )

27 Orders for th e formation o f a Schule f ir weltanschauliche -06,43

Fqlhmzq (School fo r i d e o l o q i rship by the.SS"HA., s

'1 to .u :

0 K 6


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RF S S (Bt f eW l e) Orders From Nov. 1934 To Feb. 1945 B 0 0 K 6

A ll Reichsdeutsche who have been l i v i n g in th e reg ion o f th e 28.3.43General-Gouvernement an d avoiding military se rv i ce are to

be p u t in to th e B . t a i l l o n '1Dirlewanger. II

E SS-Kriegsberichterabteilurig (SS propaganda b a t t a l i o n ) 1943e x c l u s i v e l y respons ib le fo r pub l i sh ing material on th e

tWaffen--SS

22 Ide :o log i ca l educa t ion and c u l t u r a l wel fa re o f th e SS . No Date

20 Suicide in th e SS. 19.3.39

,14 Order concerning the creation of th e Persgnl icher Stab des 9.1136

BFSS.12 Swear ing in and oa th t aken by SS-OGF an d GB in re t h e f u t u r e No Date

s e l e c t i o n o f members of th e SS.

Vorg nge D ie Do m Ftfhrer Vo r e l e n Haben B 0 0 K 7

(Mtters t h a t were presented to th e Fihrer)

9 A r e p o r t by SS-OGF RAU R on th e friction within th e NS par ty 30.12.44in Holland, where MIUSSERT ex p e l led ' so me prominent members.

RAUTER propos e s to in te rn these members so as to preven ttheir e v e n t u a l pro-Allied activities.

58 a A commendation of c e r t a i n SS an d Volks renadier u n i t s by 31.12.44+HII IIER for ou ts tand ing a c t i o n . a g a i n s t th e Alloles.

58 A request by Gauleiter MEE'SCI-MA.NN for th e removal from 29.11.44office of the.OBg.rs, of Dresden, Dr . NIELAND, due tonational emergency - vicinity of front lines.

52 A l e t t e r from Generalf eldmars chal l von BRAUCHITSCH to HEL21ER 18. 10.44telling hi n a b o u t a meeting that he had with HITLER, 3 Aug. ,

in which t hey spoke ab o u t eq u ip p in g of Vo l k s s t u r n divisions.Included is HI IER's answer to th e above letter, d a ted 6"Jan. 1945, in which he tells vo n BR.UCHfTSCH of th e e ffec tof th e V2 (old A-4) developed in Pernem{ nde. HITLER

rocognises th e fact t h a t it is all du e to vo n BRAUCHITSCH,tho nursed this p r o j e c t for 10 whole y e a r s .

6d . A produc t ion r e p o r t o f f a c t o r i e s - unde r SS supervision. 30. 9.44

56b An e x c e r p t from a letter from SS-Hstuf RENER a bou t th e 15..7.44behavior of some German o f f i c e r. No details.

56 a A copy o f a letter from S3B F NIELAND, th e OBg, o f Dresden , 4.2.4, /+in which he asks HEM,1IE f o r a dec i s ion in ' t he case of

VON MITEEN.,leader of th e Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra,whose removal vas r eques t ed by th e G a u l e i t e r MartinM E S C S N N for r ea sons unknown to ISELAJND.

3 Release o f a number of German s o l d i e r s from duty in Ru ss ia 10.11.43by decreasing th e number of Germa.n guards in supervisingRussian l a b o r in th e steel mills of south eastern RIussi,


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55 A letter from Najor DAUB of th e Latvian SS legion in which 16",1O.43he t h a n k s iv LLER fo r a book he ha d s e n t him~

5 A letter from Margarethe Landgrafin von H 8SEN t.) HT LBER 12.10.43in which sh e asks the whereabouts of her son Prinz Philippfrom whom sh e had no letter fo r 5 months,

53 A copy of a letter from S-EF FEGELEIN stating th e r e a d i n e s s S.10.43o f th e German soldiers to fight an d d ie fo r th e Ft h r e r.

52 A r e p o r t from an Eston ian O ff i c e r who e s c a pe d from Ru ss ian 30,9.".43cap t iv i ty. ; how a Kommissar o f a Russ i an unit sh o t aRussian o ff i c e r as a punishment fo r an u n su ccess fu loffensive operation.

$1 Miscellaneous in fo rmat ion b ro u g h t to HIMwLER's attention: 25.9 .43cond i t i ons w i t h i n surrounded Leningrad, th e morale inEstonia,

5 0 An e x c e r p t from th e illegal p r e s s telling how GLOEOCNIK, 20.8.43who was r e l i e v e d from h is d u t i e s fo r pacifistict endenc i e s , w as p r a i s e d by Governor FRANiK.

49 A memo fo r HTMBCLER to d i s c u s s with HITTLR th e f a t e o f th e 17.9 .43Italian p r i s o n e r s t aken a f t e r th e surrender of Italy.

48 A letter ( t r a n s l a t e d ) from Dr . J,. Van d e t ELE, Landes le i t e r 11.9.43d e r Deutsch-Flhmischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft, (NationalLeader oil he German F eaiish Assoc a ion : in ich-ep led g es h is l o ya l t y t o the Fl h r e r on th e day o f Italy'ssurrender.

47 A l e t t e r ( t ransla ted) from Leon DEGRELLE, leader of the 11.9.43B lg ian Rex movement, in which he pledges his l o y a l t yto HITLER.

46 A p ro p o sa l by HIThbLER to HITTLER to a p p o i n t Ge ne ra l t e fen 10 . 7.43RO E KI as a l e a d e r of Poland to co u n te rb a lan ce th e anti-German activities within Poland.

45 R ule s fo r German s o l d i e r s govern ing marr i ages with 17.6..3Angehorigen der artverwandten gerrnanischen Volker

(members o f Germanic races ) .

44 A r e p o r t on th e difficulty to fellow th e movements o f PETAIN 21.1..43due to th e danger of i n c i d e n t s with PTAIN's guards ,

43 An i n q u i r y made by HI,..'LER whether Jews should be r e l e a s e d 10.12.42for fo re ign currency. HITLERauthorized HI:" hLER to dothis only if such r e l eas es would br ing in g r e a t amounts

.o f fo re ign exc ange.

43a An exce rp t from a. d i s c u s s i o n w i t h HITLER during which he was 10 .12 .42n o t i f i e d of th e dea th of SS-OGF 1-YDRICH.

42 Remarks made by HITLER: 10.12.42a. -LYGAND should be brough t to M i l ls t ae t t e r see i n s t e a d

o f Sch lo ss Itter(Ttter cas t l e . )1b. GfA~~L, EUT~, DAILALIER, should be interned in Grmany,

but this matter will be further discussed wiith LVAL.c. About 6 to 700,000 Jewus withn F'rance should be exelled.-~

further discussons with A ed .


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41 Two quotat ions from HITLER'S discussions with iUSSERT. 10,12,1;2

40 A report on a talk between H1hl'VR and 1,TJSSOLITNI during 11.10.12HL ER's vis i t to Rkoe. The military situation on theRussian front, the economic conditions in I taly, and theJewish question were the main topics of the talk,HD' thiIR's own remarks on the situation in. I ta ly,

39 A recommendation of SS-F BERGE Z to HIT ER for his 24,9,42outstanding work.

38 M~issing.

37 A. remark made by HITLER about the changes in the climatic 4.8.42conditions.

36 a A copy of a last will made by a certain Col. Herbert VA.tL. 1.4.42

36 Quotations from a talk with HITLER concerning the importance 4.1 .42of the. SS during wax' and peace.

SA quotat ion from Frederick the Great. 9 .1 .40

.L A report on a conference with 1j-JSSQLITI during which the 20.12?,39military, and poli t ical situation were discussed.

33 Instruction fromn HITLER as to how Allied P-Ts and Gernan 20,11,,39gir ls wh o fraternize are to be treated.

32 An incident which took place during fIIL' 's vis i t to the 1499.39Siegfried Line, demonstrating the devoi~or of an off icerto HITLER.

31 A proposal by HI,-1.,? on how to rea r the Bltutorden (Order 24.5.39of Blood).

30 Liissing.

29 Notes on a discussion with General. OSHmA.. (See text: 31.1.39No. 10 , Page 13)

28 HITLER' s statement of the importance of racial purity in 9.09038the strength of a nation.

27 The display of Reich insignia in INu{rnberg on the Parted 5.9. 38Tag as ordered by H-ITLER,

26 The circumstances under which Geheimrat KIRDOR.F saved 1 926--27HITLER's honor and life by a gi f t Qf 100,000 marks tocover a note.

25 A quotation from ijlein Kampf., 7,5.38

24 A report to HITLER on Burgenland, located on the Austr c -27. 3.38Hungarian bprder.

23 HITLER's orders to disband the Soldatenburid (Veterans' 5.3.38Organisation)

22 Proposal by H~fiLER to award Golden Party insignia to some 5.3.38

SS-GF. )f

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21 An excerpt from th e writings of the Stabsle i te r de s 261.38Stellvertreters des F I h r e r s ( C h i c t o o f o0.ITLERs

Deputy) on religion.

20 Basic laws fo r compulsory care o f widows and c h i l d r e n of SS 8 .11 .37men by th e organ iza t ion .

19 SS order to establish cultural competition among their ranks. 8.11.37

18 Basic laws for compulsory savings. 8.11.37

17 'A ro c lamat io n to all SS men about th e n e c e s s i t y of r a i s i n g 1 3 .9 .3 6large families.

16 A copy o f a d i s c u s s i o n between HITLER an d HT WLBR about th e 6.6.36r e o rg a n i s a t i o n of th e police under HISMMrLER, th e au totraffic problem, and the problem of illegitimate children.

HIhllt ,ER t a k e s over th e German pol i ce .

15 A Statement by HITLER o f h is r e a d i n e s s to suppor t anti- 6 .6 .36Communist movements in Norway.

lI HIMIiLER's p r e s e n t a t i o n to HITLER o f h is r o p o s e d relations 1 .5 .36with I c e l a n d .

13 A remark by HIWIER on a speech that SCH'ACHT made in Eremen. 1 . 5 . 3 6

12 A d i s c u s s i o n between HIMI+ER an d HITLER on c u r r e n t political 17,4.36prob lems.

11 A d iscuss ion on c u r r e n t church problems. 3 .1 2 .3 5

10 The d e n i a l o f th e Catho l ic Bishop of Berl in of rumors t h a t 7 .5 .35he intended to commit suicide and that he intended to

betray Oermany.

9 A d i s c u s s i o n between HITLER an d HlIDLER a bou t th e r e l i g i o u s 25.3.35problem within th e S.Orders to th e SS me n concerning their behavior towards

religious establishments.

8 A s t a t ement about theotransfer o f men from th e SA to th e SO. 11.11 .35

7 A statement about the numiber of illegal abortions. 18.10.35

6 A statement concerning th e Flh re rschu len (Par ty Off i ce r s? 1 8 .1 0 .3 5S c h o o l s ) .

5 Founding o f th e Viachverbnde (Guard u n i t s fo r K;L). 18 ,10 .35

hQ u o ta t io n s from HTTLER'S speeches . 15 .9 .35

3 Investigations o f th e racial p u r i t y o f SS-SF Emil MAURICE. 31.8 .35

2 HI~MLER's. d e s c r i p t i o n o f LtUDEC KB. 1 9 2 5

1 Sta te me n t to th e e f f e c t t h a t Frau LUDENDORF has no Jewishblood in he r.

yya

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Letters between I iy I R,, Prof ; M ax de CRINIS, and Prof., Dr: KOCH' 1944about DALtfGE's mental and nervous illness.

Letters betwveen HII IMER,, DAL1tGE, and other officials concerningDALtLGs new estate, "Ilsenau"', Kreis Samtern in WJar+1 Qau.

Zoit n> a-iahnitto 40 G.burthta rz FSS B 0 0 K 9

Clippings from a l l German new~spapers containing articles on 1940I-- . IR ts fortieth birthday.

lrkimden Zur Ahnenliste Des RFSS B 0 0 K 10

Five photostatic copies ofL documents of I~hMIERts geneaolo ,y 1937

A more detailed report on fHIILER's forefathers.

Trkirnden Zur Ahnenliste Des RFSS P 0 0 K 11

Copies of a l i s t of HIIKJLER's forefathers from 1542 A.D. No DateA book explaining the Holy Sacrament in the CatholicChurch in t. Petersburg (Leningrad)) 1870.

Reden (Speeches) B 0 0 K 12

Speech is obviously by HITLER (place not located). Note a 9.110'44few handwritten additions in German script Which look likeHI~lhILER's writing anid refer tai.Waffen--SS.

Speech delivered by Gaul eiter Paul GIESLER in comermorat ion 12.11.44of the dead of 8/9 Nov. , 1923.Speech by Dr. G5BBELS, before a meeting of the Reichs-an~d Gau- 23.2.44

leiter, Printed in booklet-f orm A marked "Secret.," andtitled "Die Politisohe and Militarische Iage" ("The Polit-.cal and Military Situation"") , Delivered in Mlunich;

Memorial speech for Mrs. Margot IANGSDORFF, delivered by her 8.6.38oldest son (f) at the Crematorium~.. Berlin-- -dilmersdorf.

Speech by HITLER, addressing generals and officers at 26i5%44"tPlatterhof"' (3 copies).

2 Number of Jews who emigrated from Germany, Poland, and Alsase- No DateLorainne from 1933 to 1940.

Thamber of evacuated Poles from Eastern territories. ll11"40Figures 'of Jews who emigrated from Germiany, money received in"Devise" (foreign currency) for this purpose, decline ofJews due to increased deathrate', number ofC them left in the'

aidIML


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:Reich, and suggest ons to solve the Jewish question.Number of peoples moved into different parts of the Reich 1,12.40

controlled countries.Task of the Deutsche-Urs iedlunFs -Truhand-CGbH DBUTT. No Date

German Resettlement Trust, Inc.).Detailed report on Eastern territory incorporated into the No Date

Reich, including zap and plans fo r moving Volksdeutsche(Germans who are citizens of foreign countries) intothese parts to recultivate the country.

Report on need of land fo r the necessary transfer of 3.12,40agr icu l tura l families from the old Reich,

Report on th e situation of th e Deutschtura (German minority)

in the South-East (Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania).Report on the German-Hungarian inority Treaty; copy of this Viennatreaty signed by RIBBENi ROP and Graf Stefan CSAKY, 30.8,40Hungarian Foreign Minister.

Report on the German-Rumanian Minority Treaty; copy of Viennath is treaty, signed by RIBBENrROP and MINOIESCU. 30,8.40

Copy of the Karlsburger Beschl4Usso (Karlsburg Decisions). -. 12,18Decree on checking and separation.of population in the 12.9.40

Eastern Territorios incorporated into the R asigned by HIILER.

Short speech by HIUMER, thanking HITLER fo r visiting 20.5.39-SS-Standarte lDeutschlandtt

Words by the Qonmanding--eoneral and HILvER commemoratingCASELIA and FAUST, who died th e herots death fo r the cause.Two brief addresses by HI: .1IER to Leibstandarte SS Adolf 17.

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