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In
a Decree of October 25, 1940, the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt)
has informed me of the following:
"Owing
to the fact that the emigration of Jews from the
Government-General still further considerably reduced the
already shrinking opportunities for emigration for Jews from
the Altreich,** the Ostmark [Austria] and the
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, contrary to the wish of
the Reich Marshal, I request that no such emigration be
considered.
"The
continued emigration of Jews from Eastern Europe [to the West]
spells a continued spiritual regeneration of world Jewry, as
it is mainly the Eastern Jews who supply a large proportion of
the rabbis, Talmud teachers, etc., owing to their
Orthodox-religious beliefs, and they are urgently needed by
Jewish organizations active in the United States, according to
their own statements. Further, every Orthodox Jew from Eastern
Europe spells a valuable addition for these Jewish
organizations in the United States in their constant efforts
for the spiritual renewal of United States Jewry and its
unification. It is United States Jewry in particular, which is
endeavoring, with the help of newly immigrated Jews,
especially from Eastern Europe, to create a new basis from
which it intends to force ahead its struggle, particularly
against Germany.
"For
these reasons it can be assumed that after a certain number of
emigration permits have been issued, creating a precedent for
Jews from the Government-General, so to speak, a large part of
the entry visas, [which are] mainly for the United States,
will in future only be made available for Jews from Eastern
Europe."
I
fully accept the point of view of the Reich Security Main
Office and request that you will not pass on to the office
here for decision any more applications by Jews to emigrate.
Such applications would of course have to be rejected here.
I
empower you to reject without further investigation any
applications by Jews from the Government-General for
permission to emigrate. It is requested that applications to
emigrate shall be forwarded here only if they involve Jews
holding foreign citizenship. As there is no further question
of emigration by Jews from the Government-General as a matter
of principle, there is also no need for a Jew to receive a
permit to visit the Reich for the purpose of obtaining a visa
from a foreign consulate in the German Reich. It is requested
that even applications by Jews for the issuing of a permit for
the purpose of obtaining a visa from a foreign consulate in
the Reich should also be rejected.
(for)
Eckhardt
Eksterminacja,
pp. 55-56.
*
From a memorandum dated November 23, 1940, addressed to
District Governors in the Government-General.
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Germany before 1938. |
