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Chapter VI: National-Socialist Policy of Jewish Emigration 185
the war, especially since all the Jews in the General Gouvernement would
be able to cover the distance into the newly delineated territory, of course,
with their automobiles on country roads.”
After Zeitschel had alluded to the situation of French Jewry, he concluded:
“Furthermore, I would propose suggesting this idea at the next opportunity
to the Reichsmarschall as well; he is currently quite receptive to the
Jewish problem and, given his present attitude and his experiences, could
surely be an extraordinarily strong supporter in the execution of the idea
developed above.”
The plan of deporting the Jews into the eastern territories had already been
considered several times earlier. On April 2, 1941, even before the start of the
eastern campaign, Reichsminister Rosenberg had toyed with the thought 528
“of making use to a greater extent of Muscovite Russia as a disposal
region for undesirable elements of the population.”
On July 17, 1941, General Governor Frank made the following entry in his
work diary: 529
“The Herr Governor General wants no further ghetto formation, since
according to an express declaration of the Führer of June 19 of this year,
the Jews would be removed from the General Gouvernement within a foreseeable
time, and the General Gouvernement is supposed to be only a sort
of transit camp.”
On August 20, 1941, after a visit to the headquarters of the Führer, Goebbels
confided the following to his diary: 530
“Beyond this, however, the Führer has promised me that I can deport
the Jews out of Berlin into the east directly after the end of the eastern
campaign. […]”
On September 24, 1941, Goebbels had a conversation with Heydrich in the
Führer’s headquarters; on the day after, he wrote in his diary that the Jews in
the east
“in the end are all supposed to be transported […] into the camps built
by the Bolsheviks.” 530
Likewise, on September 28, he wrote that the Führer held the view that one
must push the Jews step by step out of all of Germany, and he expressed the
following desire: 530
“Berlin is first in line, and it is my hope that we succeed during the
course of this year in transporting a substantial part of the Berlin Jews to
the east.”
528 Citation by Martin Broszat, “Hitler und die Genesis der “Endlösung.” Aus Anlaß der Thesen
von David Irving”, in: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, no. 25/4, 1977, pp. 748f.
529 Ibid., p. 750.
530 Ibid., p. 751.