Holocaust document.?

Question

Was there an official document in Germany the declared the biggining of the extermination of the Jews? If so, what was it?

Answer 1

When Hitler wrote his first book- MEIN KAMP he said in it that if the Jews caused a Germany to go down in defeat and a destructive war they would be exterminated. Hitler wanted them destroyed anyway as he raged against them in his two books. In his first book he called them CULTURE DESTROYERS out to destroy and pollute Aryan man. He said that history was the eternal struggel between the Aryans and the Jews. He said that there would be no resolution until the Jews were destroyed. He rage against all these pure German girls being seduced by "bow legged Jewish bastards". In his second book which was written in 1928, not published until discovered much later, he warned the officer class against "mating with department store Jewesses". He clearly meant them no good.

When the "Jewish problem" was being dicussed at Wanasee(a suburb of Berlin) in January 1942 Hitler told Heindrich who then indicated to the others(leaders of the party, senior beaurocrats and leading businessmen and industrialist) of the said intenion. The meeting was kept going until all agreed. Although Hitler raged for this in his books he did not even have the moral courage(his physical courage was and is never in doubt) to issue written orders or even a written suggestion. However when it had already been decided and the logistics basically worked out, the members of the meeting were given copies of the final outcome. They were asked then to destroy them. But one person managed to not destroy his and it is from this copy that we know what had happened as well as any testimony after the war(possibly).

Therefore although there is not much, there is Hitler's books and this document. And also do you think that this kind of thing, which involved such huge logistics-taken away from the war effort-could go unnoticed by the supreme commander for long. It is by his actions we know him. These documents are just the icing on the cake. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

No.The aggresions against jews started as soon as the NSDAP rose to power 1933.In the beginning of the Holocaust lots of murders were unorganized and resulted from the lack of civil rights for jews, which allowed fanatical Nazi followers to do what they wanted without fear of punishment.
However, the "Reichskristallnacht" (9. Nov. 1938) is usually seen as the starting point for the organized masskilling of jews.
If so,the starting point wold have been a speech by propaganda minister Goebbels to SA-leaders around 22.00 on the 9th november.

Answer 3

yes and no.
Hitlers policy of the "Final Solution for the Jewish Question" was a policy outlining the destruction of the Jewish race. However the death camps had been operating long before the "final solution" was adopted in the latter part of the war. So not really - but it became "official policy" when Germany started to realise it was losing big time.

Answer 4

Here is something like an official document, the protocol from the Wannsee Conference. However the Holocaust had already started when this conference was held.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm

Answer 5

dont know bout that but there is a movie called the final solution where a committe at a table makes the plans really good

Answer 6

No such document exists.