Doctor Goebbels: His Life & Death

10, 1941.58 (Genuine) Speer Chronicle, report of Jan 1 to Apr 15, 1941, 21, cited in MatthiasSchmidt, Das Ende eines Mythos (Munich, 1982), 182f. Speer was General Buildings Inspector(Generalbauinspekteur) for Berlin.59 MinConf, Apr 21; diary, Apr 22, 194160 Lammers to Schirach (ND: 1950–PS).61 Diary, Mar 22, 1941. ‘Who’d have thought that possible earlier?’62 Judenfrei. ‘Bü.’, Reichsring Abt.IIg, note on evacuation of Jews from Berlin, Mar 20,1941 (NA film T81, roll 676, 5604f; diary, Mar 18, 1941.63 Eichmann was at that time chief of the RSHA Amt.IVB4 (Jewish affairs.) For documentson Eichmann’s organisation of an ‘central emigré agency’ (Umwandererzentralstelle) inPosen in Apr 1940 see SS Sturmbannführer Höppner to Eichmann, Sep 3, 1941 (Polish WarCrimes Commission archives, courtesy of Dr Gerald Fleming): this speaks of the need to beclear whether the ‘undesirable elements’ were to survive ‘or were to be totally wiped out’ (amemorandum dated Sep 2, 1941); evidently no firm decision had been taken by then.64 On Apr 16 the genuine Speer chronicle had recorded that Hitler had demanded that1,000 homes be made available to Germans who had lost their homes in the big air raid. OnMay 31, 1941 the chronicle records, ‘As a result of the Jewish Eviction Aktion 940 homeswere made available.’65 Diary, Jun 20; Hans Frank diary, Jul 17, 1941.66 Note by Tiessler, Apr 21 (NA film T81, roll 676, 5642); MinConf., Apr 21, Diary, Apr22, 1941.67 SS Oberführer Dr Werner Best to Taubert, Dec 1939, cit in NA film T81, roll 676, 5596.68 ‘Pf.’ (Abt.II of RPL), note of Dec 5, 1939: ibid.69 Taubert to Tiessler, Apr 22 (NA film T81, roll 676, 5641); Tiessler to deputy Führer’sstaff, Apr 25, 1941 (ibid., 5638); the result was a briefing note drafted by Gutterer for JG’snext visit to Hitler, Aug 17, 1941, entitled Tagging the Jews (ibid., 5739–56).70 Diary, Aug 11, 1941.71 (Genuine) Speer chronicle, 1941, 65f.72 Tiessler circular to party officers, Jul 4, 1941 (NA film T581, roll 16; BA file NS.26/291).73 Unpubl. diary, Aug 15, 1941.74 Ibid., Aug 20, 1941.75 Ibid., Aug 8, 13, 1941.76 Ibid., Aug 17, 1941.77 Propaganda directive No.11, Sep 21, 1942 (NA film T81, roll 672, 0666f).78 Himmler to JG, Aug 11, 1943 (NA film T120, roll 2474, E255436).79 According to the chief engineer of a Soviet air fleet quoted by Bodenschatz on Oct 6,1941 Stalin had 12,000 operational war planes when Barbarossa began (NA film T84, roll387, 0796).80 Record of a private talk between Churchill and Stalin at dinner on Jul 18, 1945 atPotsdam (PRO file PREM.3/430/8, 11).GOEBBELS. MASTERMIND OF THE THIRD REICH 66981 He had brought a print of Liebeneiner’s pro-euthanasia film ‘I accuse’ to Hitler’s HQ.Diary, Aug 15, Hewel diary, Aug 21, 1941.82 Unpubl. diary, Aug 14; cf. Bormann memo, Aug 13 (ND: 3702–PS). On Nov 21 JGagain raised the Galen affair. Hitler told him to leave Galen unmolested until the war wasover (unpubl. diary, Nov 22; cf. ibid. Nov 29, 1941 and Bormann circular, Apr 26, 1943 (NAfilm T175, roll 68, 1860).83 Diary, Aug 18, 1941.84 Ibid.; and JG circular to all gauleiters, Aug 24, 1941 (NA film T81, roll 168, 7557f).85 Heydrich however told Martin Luther of the foreign ministry’s Abt.Inland II that JG hadreceived from Hitler at the Wolf’s Lair the decision that the ‘the badge will take the form ofa white-and-yellow armband.’ Luther note for Ribbentrop, Aug 22 (Pol. Archiv AA, Serial4841H, E247688); Stuckart express letter, Aug 26 (ibid., E247716). Ernst von Weizsäckermaintained in a minute of Sep 15 that his ministry was not consulted beforehand (NA filmT120, roll 722, 321630).—On Aug 20 JG noted, ‘I took up the fight against the Jews inBerlin in 1926 and it is my ambition not to rest until the last Jew has left Berlin.’ On whichsee Tiessler’s circular to gau propaganda officers, Aug 21, referred to in his circular of Oct 8,1941 (NA film T581, roll 16; BA file NS.26/291).86 Diary, Sep 16, 1941.87 PWE progress report for week ending Sep 13, 1941 (PRO file FO.898/67). The PropagandaResearch Section of the PWE/PWI Political Intelligence Dept. of the British FOissued fortnightly reports 1939–42 with statistical analyses of the shifting theme patternsdisplayed by broadcasts, press, and Transocean, in an attempt to gain clues to developingNazi policies (PRO file FO.898/30).88 Diary, Sep 9, 1941.89 Berndt to Himmler, Sep 11, 1941 (NA film T175, roll 33, 4467f).90 HQ US Seventh Army: PWB report SAIC/16, Jun 6, 1945, on Dr Immanuel Schäffer(NA file RG.332, entry ETO, Mis-Y, Sect., box 116); and author’s correspondence withSchäffer.91 Koeppen report, Sep 23 (NA film T84, roll 387, 0786); Bormann diary, Sep 23; JGdiary, Sep 24, 1941.92 Koeppen report, Sep 10; Wolfram von Richthofen diary, Sep 12; JG diary, Nov 30,1941.93 Police ordinance on Tagging the Jews, Sep 1, 1941: RGBl., 1941, I, 547; and Heydrich,regulations on above, BDC file 240/II, 167ff.—Diary, Sep 24, and Tiessler note, Sep 24,1941 (NA film T81, roll 676, 5682).94 Tiessler circular No.127/41, Oct 8, 1941 to all gau propaganda chiefs (NA film T581,roll 16; BA file NS.26/291); Kaufman, 83.—Similar problems arose in Holland, see unpubl.diary, May 21, 1942 (NA film T84, roll 262).95 Photocopy in Yivo file G–156.96 Fritzsche, interrogation, Nov 1, 1946 (NA film, M.1019, roll 19; StA Nuremberg, F86)and NA file RG.260, OMGUS, box 16; cf. SD Meldung, Oct 9, 1941 (NA film T175, roll261, 4963ff).97 Diary, Sep 24, 1941. Berlin, he noted, would be first.670 GOEBBELS. MASTERMIND OF THE THIRD REICH98 Himmler to Greiser, Heydrich, et al., Sep 18 (NA film T175, roll 54, 8695); JG notedon Sep 24, 1941 that he hoped the deportation would be achieved ‘during the course of thissame year.’99 Himmler to SS Gruppenführer Uebelhör, Oct 10 (NA film T175, roll 54, 8662f); cf.Heydrich to Himmler, Oct 19, 1941 (ibid., 8645f).100 Koeppen, note on lunch talk, Oct 6, 1941 (NA film, T84, roll 387, 0800).101 Diary, Oct 4; Koeppen note, Oct 3, 4; Hewel diary, Oct 3, 1941.102 Hewel diary, Oct 7, 1941.103 Ibid., Oct 8, 1941.104 Dietrich. interrogation, Oct 8, 1947 (NA film M.1019, roll 13); Werner Stephan saidDietrich told him Keitel was the source: