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Heinrich Himmler’s desk diary, Dec 4, 1941 (in Moscow archives), shows SS Obergruppenführer Jeckeln duly turning up for supper at 8 p.m., and a discussion with Himmler at 9:30 p.m. on the “Judenfrage, SS Brigade, Wirtschaftsbetriebe”. Note that Himmler’s adjutant Werner Grothman countersigns the page.

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Appointments of the Reichsführer SS on 4. XII.41

13:00 Drive to Führer’s Head-

quarters

Barber

Dentist

17:00 Führer

[deleted:] SS-Obergruppenführer Jeckeln

Operation 1st Brigade

with L[eibstandarte] A[dolf]

H[itler]

{SS-Gruppenführer

{Berkelmann

Taking over Upper Sector
Rhine-Westmark

Berkelmann

19:00

{SS-Gruppenführer Rösener

Taking over Alpine region

Rösener

20:00

Dinner in Hegewald Home with

Jeckeln, Berkelmann,

Rösener

21:30

SS-Obergruppenführer Jeckeln

Jewish Question | SS Brigade.

Economic businesses

[signed] Grothmann
Hauptsturmführer and Adjutant

A document now in the Himmler collection at former KGB special archives in Moscow. Complete copy in our possession.

Source Information
Original Publication: 1941-12-04
Original Source: http://fpp.co.uk/Himmler/Note041241.html
Digital Archive: Focal Point Publications
Accessed: June 4, 2026