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Lucy Dawidowicz - Interpretation 1
Role of Hilter
The Final Solution was the Brainchild of Hitler
Defeat in WW1 made Hilter decide that pacts with the Jews were not possible
Had its origins in Normal politics which Hitler radicaised
Political antisemitism became Destruction of the Jews
Imperialist autarky became racist Lebensraum
Bolshevism being a Jewish construct became Anti-Bolshevism= freedom fighting
From the beginning, Hitler had a them vs us mentality.
victory of the Jews and defeat of the Aryans
Or
defeat of the jews and victory of the Aryans
Hitler combined Judaism with Bolshevism
Language in Mein Kampf was radical and clear.
It was designed to be taken literally
"Killing of a few hundred Jews could have saved thousands at the front"- Hilter
Reason for lack of a paper trail to Hitler was Hitler himself.
He did not want to be linked to it, if there could ne no link, there would be no link.
30/1/1939, Hitler declared war on the Jews.
Antisemitism was the core to Hitler's beliefs.
From the moment he emerged on the stage of History to the moment he died, his purpose was to destroy international Jewry
Germany was readied for Hitler by History.
Jews were the source of evil in Germany
Witchcraft, the hatred of the Jew
Rooted in fear
Germans saw themselves as locked in an eternal struggle.
Planning?
Hitler used euphemism in his early days to hide his radicalism
In the early days Entfernung and Aufraumen were used
In Mein Kampf, Beseitigung used
In a letter to Gemlich, a two- stage solution was proposed by Hitler
First stage- Dehumanisation
By 1939, Hitler believed that this had been achieved
Second stage- Removal
Saw war as the perfect opportunity for this to happen.
He repressed antisemitism in the 1930s because he saw war as the perfect chance for the solution to take place.
Hitler planned to get the Jews out of Germany from his early days
Goals clearly communicated within the movement from the earliest period
Unit of the Putsch designated to keeping Jews 'hostages'- 1923
Ludecker 1922- The goal of the movement the liquidation of the Jews
Clear communication within the movement
Lebensraum ideas developed because of the Treaty of Versailles
Opportunism was key to the plans of Hitler
Plans for war and F/S were vague but were there.
In 1935, Hitler spoke of Ghettos and reservations of the Jews
Ghettos as an interim measures?
Ghettos led to the need for annihilation
Hans Frank: "to do away with lice and Jews"
Direct line from 1918 to Barbarossa, only opportunity led to changes.
Significance of Operation Barbarossa
Early thinking of Hitler linked to Greater Germany only
Under the influence of Rosenberg, Hitler began to see the issue as Global in nature
Germany could 'Liberate communist Russia from the Jews'
By February 1941, two pronged attack on the Jews
Einsatzkommando in the USSR
Domestic Jews killed in camps in Poland
Significance of Himmler and the SS
By 1943, Himmler was using less ambiguous language to describe the Holocaust
Ausschaltung
The Nuremberg laws marked the end of state antisemitism, would be conducted by the party from then on
By the late 1930s, Himmler knew that destruction of the Jews would be down to him when the time came.
Heydrich made aware of the plan to kill the Jews in early 1939