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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47429" data-attributes="member: 39">What to do? For Hitler, there was only one logical conclusion: Drivethem out. This meant pushing them out of society, out of the economy, andrestoring control of the media and government to non-Jews. It meantcreating a Judenrein, or Jew-free, society, one that was free from internaland external manipulation by Jewish interests. This, in fact, was Hitler&#039;sconclusion years before he began Mein Kampf In late 1 9 1 9, as he was justbecoming acquainted with the DAP party, he wrote a letter to one of hisofficers regarding how to respond to the Jewish question. This striking earlyletter concludes as follows:Rational anti-Semitism . . . must lead to a systematic and legalstruggle against, and eradication of, the privileges the Jewsenjoy over the other foreigners living among us (AlienLaws). Its final objective, however, must be the totalremoval of all Jews (die Entfernung der Juden uberhaupt)from our midst. Both objectives can only be achieved by agovernment of national strength, never by a government ofnational impotence. (in Maser 1974: 2 1 5)His view did not change in Mein Kampf, nor evidently anytime later inhis life. His solution was always the same: drive them out. Total removal.Ruthlessly if necessary, but out they must go.Here is an important point, however: With one minor exception, Hitlernever called for killing the Jews. Though his terminology shifted over time,his words always referred to some form of removal. Jews should be&quot;deported,&quot; &quot;expelled,&quot; &quot;rooted out.&quot; Their role and their power in theGerman Reich must be &quot;destroyed&quot; or &quot;liquidated.&quot; But explicit words like&#039;killing,&#039; &#039;shooting, &#039; &#039;murder,&#039; &#039;gassing,&#039; virtually never appear in hisspeeches, writings, or even private conversations. Even the hostilecommentator Ian Kershaw had to admit as much, at least regarding thepublic addresses: &quot;An explicit call to murder [Jews] can be found inno ... speech&quot; ( 1 998: 650). Kershaw fails to inform the reader, though, thatthe same holds for Hitler&#039;s writings and conversations.The one exception is at the very end of Mein Kampf There were about600,000 Jews in Germany at the start of WWI, a war that ended in thedeaths of over 2 million Germans. Hitler argues that killing &quot;12 or 1 5thousand Hebrew corrupters&quot; at the start of the war, by the same poisongas that fell on the German troops in the battlefield, would have spared amillion lives and led to German victory. Not all the Jews, or even most of</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47429, member: 39"] What to do? For Hitler, there was only one logical conclusion: Drive them out. This meant pushing them out of society, out of the economy, and restoring control of the media and government to non-Jews. It meant creating a Judenrein, or Jew-free, society, one that was free from internal and external manipulation by Jewish interests. This, in fact, was Hitler's conclusion years before he began Mein Kampf In late 1 9 1 9, as he was just becoming acquainted with the DAP party, he wrote a letter to one of his officers regarding how to respond to the Jewish question. This striking early letter concludes as follows: Rational anti-Semitism . . . must lead to a systematic and legal struggle against, and eradication of, the privileges the Jews enjoy over the other foreigners living among us (Alien Laws). Its final objective, however, must be the total removal of all Jews (die Entfernung der Juden uberhaupt) from our midst. Both objectives can only be achieved by a government of national strength, never by a government of national impotence. (in Maser 1974: 2 1 5) His view did not change in Mein Kampf, nor evidently anytime later in his life. His solution was always the same: drive them out. Total removal. Ruthlessly if necessary, but out they must go. Here is an important point, however: With one minor exception, Hitler never called for killing the Jews. Though his terminology shifted over time, his words always referred to some form of removal. Jews should be "deported," "expelled," "rooted out." Their role and their power in the German Reich must be "destroyed" or "liquidated." But explicit words like 'killing,' 'shooting, ' 'murder,' 'gassing,' virtually never appear in his speeches, writings, or even private conversations. Even the hostile commentator Ian Kershaw had to admit as much, at least regarding the public addresses: "An explicit call to murder [Jews] can be found in no ... speech" ( 1 998: 650). Kershaw fails to inform the reader, though, that the same holds for Hitler's writings and conversations. The one exception is at the very end of Mein Kampf There were about 600,000 Jews in Germany at the start of WWI, a war that ended in the deaths of over 2 million Germans. Hitler argues that killing "12 or 1 5 thousand Hebrew corrupters" at the start of the war, by the same poison gas that fell on the German troops in the battlefield, would have spared a million lives and led to German victory. Not all the Jews, or even most of [/QUOTE]

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