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Paid for by Eichmann and Heydrich!
It is not clear when the Nazi leadership formulated
the “Final Solution”. Recent documents show that it was incipient in Hitler’s
mind while he was still a corporal in the Austrian army;it was alluded to
in Mein Kampf. It certainly took
formal shape at the infamous Wannsee Conference. What is certain is that the German leadership
at this time was determined to remove all Jews from the newly enlarged German
territory and one event provided the pretext to begin this massive ethnic
cleansing.
In June of
1938, the Nazi pressure on Jews in Germany and Austria had grown to the point
that the major nations gathered at Evian, France, to discuss a solution to the
growing problem of Jewish refugees. Each nation offered its sympathies, but
only the tiny Dominican Republic opened its doors . It became clear to the Nazi
leaders that they could work their will on their Jews. Many had already fled
Germany and it was clear that no major power was ready to stand up on behalf of
the Jews. The regime now ordered the expulsion of Jews of non-German
citizenship. This meant, for the most part, Jews of Polish nationality, but
the Polish government, at the same time,
emboldened by the paralysis of the states gathered at Evian, stripped
non-resident Jews of their Polish citizenship. Thousands of Jews were expelled
to the Polish border but the border was shut before them and they were left to
languish in a no-man’s land, neither here nor there.
