I therefore request authorisation to have the Jews of Gau Hamburg evacuated to the East.
That would make it possible for at least some of the citizens
affected by the bombing to be allocated new homes.
Let's have one thing absolutely clear - there must be total secrecy.
I have orders to form a special commando in Chelmno.
Other staff from Poznan and the Gestapo in Lodz will join us.
We've got a tough but important job to do.
We know the power behind Roosevelt.
It is the eternal Jew who believes that his hour has come to impose the same fate
on us as we have seen and experienced in Soviet Russia.
With regards to the Jews I start from the assumption that they will disappear.
They must go. But what should be done with the Jews?
Do you believe they will really be accommodated in settlements in the East?
In Berlin we were told, 'Liquidate them yourselves.'
These Jews cannot all be shot.
But we have to take measures that will somehow succeed in extermination.
We were told by Captain Lange
that the order for the extermination of the Jews came from Hitler and Himmler.
And as police officers we were drilled to regard any order from the government as lawful and correct.
At the time I believed the Jews were not innocent, but guilty.
The propaganda had drilled it into us again and again that all Jews are
criminals and sub-humans who were the cause of Germany's decline after the First World War.
As a first step in the Final Solution of the Jewish question,
it is planned to put the Jews to work in the East.
This will already eliminate a large number through natural wastage.
The remnant will have to be dealt with appropriately.
We love our country. We will kill our enemies.
Awake, brothers, throughout the land
We will defend our language and our livelihood
We'll never yield to anyone Slovakia for the Slovaks is our cry
Herr Dr Koso has discussed our proposal with you?
The offer of 20,000 Jewish laborers?
The Slovak government would like to resettle the Jewish labourers together with their families.
We see a separation of the families as unchristian.
Could it be, Prime Minister,
that you're moved not just by Christian compassion but also by financial considerations?
We get the workforce, while you have to feed the families?
But as far as I can tell, we don't have accommodation for Jews unfit for work.
Our expenses would not be compensated by any labour we could expect from these Jews.
As for the costs, we might reach an agreement.
So you'd cover the expense?
We'll have to see. First, you speak to Lieutenant Colonel Eichmann.