Hitler authorises Himmler to sell off Jews for foreign currency, December 10, 1942

Reichsführer SS Personal Staff, Document Administration Letter Reg. No. Secret / [handwritten]: 72/7

 

 

 

 

Memo

 

I have asked the Führer about letting Jews go in return for foreign currency. He has given me full power to approve such cases if they really do bring in foreign currency from abroad on a notable scale.

 

Field Headquarters,
December 10, 1942 RF/V.

German text:

Vermerk:

Ich habe den Führer wegen der Loslösung von Juden gegen Devisen gefragt. Er hat mir Vollmacht gegeben, derartige Fälle zu genehmigen, wenn sie wirklich in namhaften [sic] Umfang Devisen von auswärts hereinbringen.

 

Feldkommandostelle,
10. Dezember 1942   RF/V.

[Bundesarchiv, Schumacher Collection, file 240/I]

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