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1.	Heinrich Himmler’s Commentary on page 33 of Mein Kampf: "The Possibility of De-miscegenation [Entmischung] is at Hand" (1927) The ideological and political goals that Hitler formulated in 1924 in Mein Kampf formed the basis....
2.	SS Marriage Order (December 31, 1931) When Himmler took over the SS [Schutzstaffel] in January 1929, it was a relatively unimportant....
3.	Hitler’s Letter to Colonel Walther von Reichenau on Germany’s Situation with Respect to Foreign Relations (December 4, 1932) Hitler’s National Socialist worldview [Weltanschauung] determined his foreign policy goals, which focused above all on an aggressive expansion to the East and the opening up of “living space”....
4.	Proclamation of the Reich Government to the German People (February 1, 1933) Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. Germany was in the midst of the Great Depression with unemployment reaching almost 35%. Issued....
5.	Hitler’s Comments at a Dinner with the Chiefs of the Army and the Navy (February 3, 1933) On February 1, 1933, two days after being sworn in as Reich Chancellor, Hitler proclaimed that the program....
6.	Cabinet Discussion on Budget Priorities (February 8, 1933) After being named Reich Chancellor on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was determined to put the political ideas he had formulated in 1924 in Mein....
7.	Georg von Schnitzler on Hitler’s Appeal to Leading German Industrialists on February 20, 1933 (Affidavit, November 10, 1945) Hitler did not intend to share his power with coalition partners. After the dissolution of the Reichstag, he hoped to win an absolute majority for the NSDAP with a massive election campaign. To finance....
8.	Rudolf Diels, Head of the Prussian Political Police, on the Reichstag Fire of February 27, 1933 (Retrospective Account, 1949) In preparation for the Reichstag elections of March 3, 1933 (which were supposed to pave the way for the legal establishment of the Nazi dictatorship), Hitler ordered the near-complete elimination....
9.	Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State ("Reichstag Fire Decree") (February 28, 1933) The Reichstag fire gave Hitler the welcome opportunity to eliminate any and all political opposition.....
10.	Cabinet Discussion of the Reichstag Fire and Necessary Changes in the Law (March 7, 1933) On March 7, 1933, two days after the elections, the new cabinet discussed the fate of the arsonist ....
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