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The Siege of Leningrad in German Documents
My aim in this thread is to showcase captured Nazi documents demonstrating one of the many horrific results of a policy of Weltanschauungskrieg on the Ostfront, that being the mass murder for reasons of race of over (it is estimated) one million Russian civilians during the 900 days. This is one example in a pattern of behaviour trademarked by German actions in the East after Barbarossa was launched, others famously including the roving Einsatz death squads.
The purpose of this thread is therefore threefold: 1) To bring attention to lesser known German wartime documents regarding the treatment of civilians and allowing readers to draw their own conclusions from them. 2) To understand what motivated this atrocity. 3) To understand how 2) relates to the very essence of the holocaust - its motivation and to illustrate that the two are causally related. To begin, I shall post but 3 of the documents and follow up with more later. All quotes, except where otherwise indicated, were taken from the catalogue of the current exhibition Verbrechen der Wehrmacht 1941-1944. Dimensionen des Vernichtungskrieges. 1. From the personal war diary of Generaloberst Franz Halder, entry of 08.07.1941 (Generaloberst Halder, Kriegstagebuch, Bd. III: Der Rußlandfeldzug bis zum Marsch auf Stalingrad (22.6.1941 -24.9.1942), bearb. von Hans-Adolf Jacobsen, Stuttgart 1964, page 53) Quote:
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2. Order of the Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres) to Army Group North of 28.09.1941 (Bundersarchiv/Militärarchiv, RM 7/1014) Quote:
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3. From the letter of General Quarter Master Eduard Wagner to his wife of 09.09.1941 (Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, N 510/48 ) Quote:
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4. Lecture note from the Wehrmacht Command Staff at the Wehrmacht High Command about possible variants of the siege of Leningrad, 21.9.1941 (Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, RW 4/v.578, Bl. 144-146)
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5. Letter of the Navy Liaison Officer at Army Group North of 22.9.1941 (Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, RM 7/1014, Bl. 39-41) Quote:
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6. The Führer’s Decision on Leningrad (Entschluß der Führers über Leningrad), transmitted by the Naval Warfare Command (Seekriegsleitung) to Army Group North on 29.09.1941 (Tagebuch der Seekriegsleitung, quoted in Max Domarus, Hitler Reden und Proklamationen 1932-1945, Volume 4, Page 1755) Quote:
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Whoa, that "Zukunft der Stadt Petersburg" statement is really scary ...
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Interesting stuff. The Nazis were certainly no friends to the Russian people.
I would add that the citizens of Leningrad were in such a desperate situation that for a while many resorted to cannibalism. After the seige was lifted many people in Leningrad were arrested and sent away for collaboration with the enemy even though there was no evidence of this because it was thought that it was impossible for people to survive without some form of illicit trade with the enemy. It was all bogus but Stalin used it as a way to weed out his enemies within the city. Rather sad reality for the Russian people is they had two enemies during the war, Hitler and Stalin.
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7. Order of the Wehrmacht Supreme Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) to the Army Supreme Commander (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) about the rejection of capitulation offers from Leningrad or Moscow, 7.10.1941 (Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, RM; 7/1014, Bl. 51 f.)
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9. From the War Diary of the General Command of L. Army Corps, 18.9.1941 - 6.5.1942 (Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, RH 24/5015) Quote:
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10. Study from the Army High Command 18/1a, War Diary No. 4a, entry of 4.11.1941 (State Archive Nuremberg, NOKW-1548) Quote:
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11. Notes of the Head of the General Staff of the 18th Army, Colonel Hasse, from the high level meeting at Orsha on 13.11.1941 (State Archive Nuremberg, NOKW-1535) Quote:
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The following three documents transcribed are reconnaissance reports on the situation inside Leningrad as a consequence of the German blockade.
12. Operational Situation Report (Ereignismeldung) UdSSR No. 154 of 12.1.1942 (Bundesarchiv, R 58/220) Quote:
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13. Operational Situation Report (Ereignismeldung) UdSSR No. 170 of 18.2.1942 (Bundesarchiv, R 58/220) Quote:
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14. Operational Situation Report (Ereignismeldung) UdSSR No. 191 of 10.4.1942 (Bundesarchiv, R 58/221) Quote:
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The following quotes are from:
Harrison E. Salisbury, The 900 Days. The Siege of Leningrad. Avon Books, New York, 1970 Page 383 Quote:
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The following quotes are from:
Christian Gerlach, Krieg, Ernährung, Völkermord, Hamburg 1998 [page 10] Quote:
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Unternehmen Barbarossa" Der Angriff gegen die Sowjetunion und der Holocaust by Wigbert Benz Source of quote: http://www.wk-2.de/unternehmen_barbarossa.html Quote:
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15. Protocol of a meeting of the secretaries of state on 21.5.1941
Source: International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg 1948, Volume 31, page 84 Quote:
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(“Guidelines of Economic Policy for the Economic Organization East, prepared by the Agriculture Group”) Source: Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, RW 31/144 Quote:
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17. File note on a meeting about economic policies and organization of the economy in the newly occupied territories with Hermann Göring on 8.11.1941 Source: Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, WI ID/1222 Quote:
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It must have taken the Zionists a long time forging these documents!
What attention to detail!
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that's quite an accusation Sulla
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In that case,
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Mostly to archive the information before I lose it somehow, to be honest.
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Yeah, I left after 3 days. :d Only about one in 5 of my replies got past the censors.
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