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Reinhard
Heydrich, head of the Security Police, briefed the commanders of the
Einsatzgruppen, and Adolf Eichmann, ordering: the formation of
Judenraete (“Jewish Councils”) in Polish towns, the deportation
of Jews from the areas of northeastern Poland that were earmarked
for annexation to the Reich, and the concentration of Jews in large
towns situated near railroad junctions. He also ordered a census of
Polish Jewry and a survey of Jewish property. Heydrich’s edicts
made Jewish councils subordinate to his organization and dictated
Reich policy toward Polish Jewry.
It was
asserted in the brief that these measures were considered as
temporary steps on the way to the “final goal”- “Endziel”,
which was of course undefined in this brief.
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