Arthur R. Butz – The Hoax Of The Twentieth Century

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pointed out the difficulties that the Bulgarians had in the application of their
Jewish laws to Jews of foreign nationality.
The Reich Foreign Minister answered that he thought this question brought
up by Mr. Popoff not uninteresting. Even now he could say one thing to him,
that at the end of this war all Jews would have to leave Europe. This was an
unalterable decision of the Führer and also the only way to master this problem,
as only a global and comprehensive solution could be applied and individual
measures would not help very much. Furthermore, one should not attribute
too much worth to the protests on behalf of the Jews of foreign nationality.
At any rate, we would not let ourselves be taken in any further by such
protests from the American side. He – the Reich Foreign Minister – would
have the problem described by Mr. Popoff investigated by the Foreign Office.
The Reich Foreign Minister commissioned me to undertake the investigation
promised (compare D III 660g) [document NG-4669].
I should like to make reference to my basic conference memorandum of
December 4, 1941, re D III 660 Secret, which I am dispatching, together with
the proper files. This conference memorandum was held up by the State Secretary,
because he considered a further examination by the Legal Division first
necessary. In their opinion the German-Bulgarian trade and shipping pact
was not in agreement with the German-Bulgarian arrangements proposed by
me. I therefore notified the German Legation in Sofia, re D III 497 Secret, under
the date of June 19, in reference to the suggestion of the Bulgarian Foreign
Minister Popoff at his reception to contact the Bulgarian Government and
find out whether it was prepared to come to an agreement in the Jewish problem
that there should be no rights from the trade and shipping pact given effect
in favor of the Jews in the promise of reciprocality.
If the question is put from the Bulgarian side as to whether Germany is
ready to deport Jews from Bulgaria to the East, the question should be answered
in the affirmative, but in respect to the time of the departing should be
answered evasively. This decree was cosigned by the State Secretary, the Under
State Secretary, the Director of the Political Division, the Director of the
Division for Economic Policy, Section IV of the Political Division, Section IV
of the Division for Economic Policy, and also by Ribbentrop. The Legation exchanged
notes with the Bulgarian Government and reported that the Bulgarian
Government is fundamentally prepared in the problem of the evacuation
to sign an agreement with us. Thereby the basis is given to include the
Bulgarian Jews in the Jewish measures. (D III 559 Secret and 569 Secret).
9. The Hungarian Government has not yet been approached with respect to
the Jewish removal, because the status of the Hungarian legislation up to the
present does not promise a sufficient success.
10. In accordance with the agreement of the Romanian Government mentioned
under ‘8’ the evacuation of the Romanian Jews from Germany and the
occupied territories was begun, whereupon various Romanian consulates and
the Romanian Minister in Berlin, who had no instructions from their Government,
intervened. Ambassador von Killinger was therefore asked for clarifica-