Chapter 168 Chapter XXVII "With the Beasts of Men" (4)

The victims of Hitler's "new order" were not limited to the Jews.Millions of others, especially in occupied areas, were shot, poisoned or beaten to death.Not long ago, when he was on his way to the "wolf's lair", Peter Kleist had delivered a lengthy memorandum to the Führer himself opposing this policy. "You gave me a horrific description of the situation in the Russian-occupied zone," Hitler said after reading it. "Isn't it fanciful to imagine improving conditions there by making concessions to the ambitious demands of nationalist politicians? These nationalists will only see us as weak, and their ambition will drive them to propose more More and more demands." Kleiste spoke boldly.What he meant, he explained, was not to concede to their demands, but to create conditions under which the peoples of the East would choose Germany over the Soviet Union.Hitler listened thoughtfully, his eyes on the floor, as he continued.This gave Kleist a rare opportunity to observe his face at random. "His expression was often divided into many different units, as if composed of many separate components, which did not form a real unity. This impressed me very much."

Hitler finally interrupted them.He was not angry at all, but very calm.As he spoke, he mused, as if to himself: "I can't turn back." As he spoke, he kept his eyes on the sky. "If my attitude changes, people will misinterpret it as a concession, because that's the way the military situation is. It will cause landslides." Although he also promised that once the initiative was obtained in the military, he would consider a softer approach. measures, but Kleist felt that this was just a nice way of saying it.How did this kind of person's heart change? Suddenly, Hitler looked up at Kleister.The calm, contemplative mood had vanished. "It's a fantasy," he cried, a little gruffly. "You have the right to think only of the present, of the situation that is oppressing us right now, but that's where you fall short. It's my duty to think of tomorrow and the day after. I can't Some small successes for a short time now and forget about the future." In less than a hundred years, Germany will be a country of 120 million people. "For these people I need space. I cannot promise any independent sovereignty to the peoples of the East. I cannot replace Soviet Russia with a new nationalist Russia. To replace Soviet Russia, the new Russia will be more organized. Policy is not Decided by fantasy, but by facts. For me, in the East, space is a decisive issue!"

Thus, his oppressive policy was continued.Accompanying this policy was the brutal starvation of Soviet prisoners of war.In a vitriolic letter to Keitel - presumably drafted by a more emphatic subordinate and thrown at the Minister of the Occupied East - Alfred Rosenberg testified to this.The letter charged that among the 3.6 million Soviet prisoners of war, only a few hundred thousand were healthy.The vast majority of Soviet prisoners of war were either starved or shot on the spot, creating a series of atrocities that disregarded "underlying understandings". They also conducted a series of medical experiments that brought countless other Soviet prisoners of war and non-Jewish concentration camp prisoners to the brink of death: some lay naked in the snow or in icy water; some were conducting high-altitude experiments; A victim of mustard and gas bombs.Polish women in Ravensbrück contracted gas-induced gangrene; in Dachau and Buchenwald gypsies fell prey to the curiosity of doctors who experimented; How long can humans live in sea water?

In retaliation for sabotage and rebellion, occupation administrations throughout Europe also executed many prisoners, in a variety of ways.Such action was legitimized by an order issued by the Führer on "Pearl Harbor Day"—at a time when Hitler realized that not only the capture of Moscow was hopeless, but even victory was in doubt.The order, titled (quite fittingly!) the "Decree of the Night Fog," said that anyone who endangered the security of Germany, except those who must be executed immediately, must "disappear" without leaving a trace or telling their families about their fate.

By the autumn of 1943, the "New Order of Western Europe," which consolidated European countries in order to safeguard the common interest, had revealed its original shape: an economy of plunder.Furious in the presence of millions of people who did not want to be mere subjects, Hitler replaced persuasion with force. He answered sabotage, lockout, or sabotage with forced labor and the execution of hostages.In the Netherlands and France, the death toll has reached more than 20,000.Legal looting became routine, with truckloads of loot—including food, clothing, and art treasures—flowing back to the German mainland from Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Denmark.This does not include the pet's occupation fee.France alone has to pay 7 billion marks a year to join the "New Order".

At a meeting in Berlin, Hitler revealed the truth to the leaders of the entire party: "The rubbish of the small countries that still exists in Europe must be cleared as soon as possible. The goal of our struggle is to create a united Europe, only the Germans Only then can Europe be truly organized." A united Europe is, of course, a Europe ruled by Germany, a Europe ruled by the Gestapo and its sympathetic police force.However, despite its brutal oppression and revenge on the masses of the people, this "new order" did not kindle a spirit of rebellion among them.The vast majority of people in the occupied areas still adopted a cooperative attitude with the Nazi regime in order to maintain a relatively normal life.They believed that a general strike, attacking German overseers, or harassing their regime or the economy would lead to massive reprisals or lower their living standards.Thus, in their view, it would be better to do a common cause with an occupier who might rule indefinitely.Not only is it easier to do so, but it can be done.It is this desire to survive that reduces resistance to a minimum.In fact, very few people participated in underground activities, and between Communist and non-Communist partisans, as in France, for example, there were often mutually weakening and bloody struggles.The only major resistance movement took place in Yugoslavia, and this movement was weakened by the bloodshed between the communist Tito (who was trying to unite all forces against Hitler) and the Serbian nationalist Mihajlovic.

Hitler's goal of turning Europe into a Germanic empire is now apparent, but the extent of his ambitions remains unknown, and even many of his enemies suspect that it was confined to Europe.For that matter, they would be astonished if they saw his secret handwritten notes. In the interest of the world, the present situation in Britain remains unchanged.For various reasons, after the final victory, we must reconcile with it. The king must step down - replaced by the Duke of Windsor.We will have a treaty of permanent friendship with him, not a treaty of peace. Scandinavia and Eberia, he went on, would unite under a "new order" that would make the dreams of Charles the Great, Prince Eugene and Napoleon come true of European unity.

The most important point of the final victory is the permanent exclusion of the United States from world politics and the annihilation of their Jewish society. To achieve this goal, Dr. Goebbels must have the dictatorial powers of a governor to complete the total cleanup of the racially mixed inferior population. re-education.In this regard, Goering should also do his part, mainly by mobilizing all or at least 50% of the population with Germanic ancestry for military education in order to gain a new life of nationalism.