Complicity in the Holocaust Hermann Göring

göring s july 1941 letter reinhard heydrich

goebbels , himmler far more antisemitic göring, adopted attitude because party politics required him so. own deputy, erhard milch, had jewish parent. göring supported nuremberg laws of 1935, , later initiated economic measures unfavourable jews. required registration of jewish property part of 4 year plan, , @ meeting held after kristallnacht livid financial burden jewish losses have made german-owned insurance companies. proposed jews fined 1 billion marks.

at same meeting, options disposition of jews , property discussed. jews segregated ghettos or encouraged emigrate, , property seized in programme of aryanization. compensation seized property low, if given @ all. detailed minutes of meeting , other documents read out @ nuremberg trial, proving knowledge of , complicity persecution of jews. told gilbert never have supported anti-jewish measures if had known going happen. thought eliminate jews positions in big business , government, claimed.

in july 1941, göring issued memo reinhard heydrich ordering him organise practical details of solution jewish question . time letter written, many jews , others had been killed in poland, russia, , elsewhere. @ wannsee conference, held 6 months later, heydrich formally announced genocide of jews of europe official reich policy. göring did not attend conference, present @ other meetings number of people killed discussed.