21.September.1939
Berlin
To Chiefs of all Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police Subject: Jewish
Question in Occupied Territory
I refer to the conference held in Berlin today, and again point out
that the planned total measures (i.e., the final aim) are to be kept
strictly secret.
Distinction must be made between:
1. the final aim (which will require extended periods of time)
and
2. the stages leading to the fulfillment of this final aim
(which will be carried out in short periods).
It is obvious that the tasks ahead cannot be laid down from here in
full detail. The instructions and directives below must serve also for
the purpose of urging chiefs of the Einsatzgruppen to give practical
consideration to [the problems involved.]
For the time being, the first prerequisite for the final aim is the
concentration of the Jews from the countryside into the larger cities.
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PUBLIC DOMAIN:Also Listed in:
"MTSU-Holocaust Page; B. Austin "The Einsatzgruppen"
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