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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XV

INTRODUCTION XVH

CHRONOLOGY

I. THE BOYCOTT I 1. Declaration of the Boycott by the Leadership—March 28,1933 2 2. Extract from 's Diary—April 1,1933 6 3- "Wear It with Pride, the ": Robert Weltsch—April 4,1933 7

II. THE FIRST REGULATORY ASSAULT AGAINST 9 4. Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service—April 7,1933 10 5. Law Against the Overcrowding of German Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning—April 25,1933 14

III. EARLY EFFORTS AT SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE 16 6. "The Jew in the World": A Lecture by Martin Buber Delivered at the Lehrhaus in am Main in 1934 20 7. Prayer Composed by Rabbi Leo Baeck for All Jewish Communities in on the Eve of the Day of Atonement—October 10,1935 23

vii IV. THE LAWS 24 8. Reich Citizenship Law—September 15,1935 25

9. Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor— September 15,1935 27

10. Response of the Reicbsvertretung to the - September 24,1935 28

V. THE CONFERENCE AT EVIAN 31 11. Speech by Myron C.Taylor—July 1938 33

12. Decisions Taken at the Evian Conference on Jewish Refugees— July 1938 36

13. Memorandum by the German Foreign Minister to —, December 9,1938 38

VI. THE NOVEMBER — AND ITS AFTERMATH 40 14. Telegram to Secretary of State—October 28,1938 42

15. Telegram to Secretary of State—October 29,1938 43

16. Letter to Herschel Grynszpan 44

17. 's Instructions for Measures Against Jews— November 10,1938 45 18. Kristallnacht at the Dinslaken Orphanage: Reminiscences: Yitzhak S.Herz 46

19. Excerpts from "Stenographic Report of the Conference on the "—November 12,1938 55

VII. THE BEGINNING OF GHETTOIZATION 69 20. Instructions by Reinhard Heydrich on Policy and Operations Concerning Jews in the Occupied Territories—September 21,1939 71

21. "Reflections on the Treatment of the Peoples of Alien Races in the East": A Secret Memorandum Handed to Hitler by Himmler—May 25,1940 74

22. File Note of Himmler Concerning the Handling and Distribution of His Memorandum on the Treatment of Alien Races in the East—May 28,1940 77

viil O CONTENTS VI11. THE JUDENPAT 78 23. "Work Protects Us from Annihilation": Speech by Mordecai —March 2,1942 81 24. "Give Me Your Children!": Speech by Mordecai Chaim Rumkowski— September 4,1942 84 25. On thejudenrat's Decision to Accept Work Permits: Excerpts from Avraham Tory's Surviving the : The Kovno Diary— October 28,1941 87 26. "Things I Intended to Say": A Presentation to the Jewish Social Self-Help Conference at Warsaw: Rabbi Yitzhak Katz—Monday, January 6,1942 95 27. Jewish Welfare Society— 97 28. Last Testament: Letter from Dr. Elchanan Elkes to His Son and Daughter in London—October 19,1943 99

IX. A MOSAIC OF VICTIMS: NON-JEWISH VICTIMS OF 102 29. Hitler's Decree Authorizing "Mercy Killings"—September 1,1939 104 30. Himmler's Guidelines for the Resettlement of Gypsies—Berlin, April 27,1940 105 31. Form for Jehovah's Witnesses to Renounce Their Faith 105 32. Instructions Regarding Unnatural Sexual Offenses [Extract]: Issued by the Reich Ministry of Justice—1934? 106 33- Extracts from Discussions among Nazi Jurists Concerning the Prosecution of Lesbian Relations— 1936-1937 109 34. Himmler's Secret Directive on the Combating of and Abortion—October 10,1936 110

X. THE 112 35. Extract from the Commissar's Order for ""— June 6,1941 114 36. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 107—October 8,1941 115 37. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 108—October 9,1941 116 38. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 112—October 13,1941 119

CONTENTS 4QI >x 39- Operational Situation Report USSR No. 117—October 12,1941 120 40. Testimony of at Nuremberg—January 3,1946 121

XI. 136 41. "It Took Nerves of Steel": Statement of Truck-Driver Hofer Describing the Murder of Jews at Babi Yar 138 42. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 97—September 28,1941 139 43. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 101—October 2,1941 140 44. Operational Situation Report USSR No. 128—November 2,1941 141 45. An Affadavit by on the Burning of Bodies and Obliterating the Traces of Bodies of Jews Killed by the Einsatzgruppen—June 18,1947 143 46. The Book.The Ruthless Murder of Jews by German- Invaders 144

XII. THE CALL TO ARMS 149 47. Call for Resistance by the Jewish Military Organization in the — 152 48. "An Appeal":Bialystok Ghetto Resistance Organization—August 15,1943 153 49. The Proclamation of the Resistance Organization— January 1,1942 154 50. Battle Orders of the FPO (JFareinikte Partizaner Organizatzie)— April 4,1943 155 51. The Manifesto of the Command of the Jewish United Partisans Organization, FPO, in the Vilna Ghetto—September 1,1943 156

XIII. HITLER'S PLAN TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS 158 52. Excerpts from Adolf Hitler's Speech to the Reichstag—January 30,1939 160 53- Hitler's Private Will—April 29,1945 162 54. Hitler's Political Testament—April 29,1945 163 55. Protocols of the —January 20,1942 165

CONTENTS XIV. THE KILLERS: A SPEECH, A MEMOIR, AND AN INTERVIEW 172 56. Extracts from the Speech of at a Poznan Meeting of SS Major Generals—October 4,1943 176 57. Excerpts from Death Dealer: The Confessions of Rudolph Hoss, Commandant of Auschwitz 181 58. Excerpts from 's Interviews with , the Commandant ofTreblinka and Sobibor 186

XV. CHOICELESS CHOICES 202 59. Excerpts from I Was A Doctor in Auschwitz: Gisella Peri 204 60. A Responsum by Rabbi Zevi Hirsch Meisels 209 61. A Letter to the Woman Who Will Find My Daughter 214

XVI. THE END OF A GHETTO: DEPORTATION FROM WARSAW 215 62. Himmler's Order for the "Resettlement" of Jews in the Government 217 63- Announcement of the Evacuation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto— July 22,1942 217 64. Excerpts from The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow 218 65. Excerpts from Emmanuel Ringelblum's Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto 225

XVII. THE 233 66. Heinrich Himmler Orders the Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto— February 16,1943 236 67. Call for Resistance by the Jewish Military Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto—January 1943 236 68. For Your Freedom and Ours—Warsaw Ghetto: April 23,1943 238 69. The Last Letters from Mordecai Anielewicz, Warsaw Ghetto Revolt Commander— 238 70. Excerpts from The 240 71. "A Protest Against the Indifference of the World": Samuel Zygelbojm 246

CONTENTS iQl xi XVIII. WHAT WAS KNOWN IN THE WEST 248 72. Letter of Transmission of Gerhart Riegner's Telegram—August 10,1942 252 73. The Riegner Telegram to Dr. Stephen Wise That Was Not Delivered— August 29,1942 253 74. Letter from Dr. Stephen Wise to Secretary of State Sumner Welles- September 2,1942 254 75. Cable from Samuel Silverman to Dr. Stephen Wise 255 76. Memo to the Secretary of State—September 28,1942 256 77. Report on My Mission: Jan Karski 257 78. Letter from the War Refugee Board— 262 79. The Extermination Camps of Auschwitz (Oswiecim) and Birkenau in Upper Silesia 262 80. Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence ofThis Government in the Murder of the Jews 284

XIX. WHY AUSCHWITZ WAS NOT BOMBED 295 81. Report on a Discussion Between Isaac Gruenbaum and Mr. Pinkerton, American Consul General in the Land of [Palestine] —June 7,1944 297 82. Protocol of the Jewish Agency Executive Meeting—June 11,1944 299 83. Internal Memo of the War Refugee Board Pressing for the Bombing of Auschwitz—June 29,1944 301 84. Letter from Leon Kubowitzki to John Pehle—July 1,1944 302 85. Note on the Proposal for Bombing the Death Camps 303 86. An Exchange of Letters between Leon Kubowitzki and John J. McCloy— August 9,1944 304

XX. AND ITS AFTERMATH 305 87. A Report from Gunskirschen by Captain J. D. Pletcher—May 1945 308 88. Excerpts of Report by Earl G. Harrison to President Harry S Truman 311 89- President Harry S Truman's Directive to General Dwight D. Eisenhower Regarding the Harrison Report—August 31,1945 320

xii Cl CONTENTS 90. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Response to President Truman— September 18,1945 322 91. Excerpts from the Diary of George S. Patton—September 15-21,1945 324

XXI.THE 327 92. Excerpts from the Opening Statement of the Prosecution (Justice Robert Jackson) at the First Nuremberg Trial—November 21,1945 330 93. Excerpts from the Opening Statement of the Prosecution (Telford Taylor) at the Medical Trials—December 9,1946 345 94. Judgment and Aftermath 356

AUTHOR AND TITLE INDEX 359

COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 363

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