“We must annihilate the Jews, wherever we find them, and wherever it is possible.” (2233-D-PS)
(3) Forcible Return of Racial Germans to the Reich. The conspirators had planned the forcible Germanization of persons in the incorporated area who were deemed to possess German blood. Such persons were given the choice of the concentration camp, or submission to Germanization. Himmler was the chief executioner of this program. In a secret decree signed by Hitler, Goering, and Keitel, dated 7 October 1939, Himmler was entrusted with the task of executing the conspirators’ Germanization program. The decree provided, among other things:
“The Reichsfuehrer SS (Himmler) has the obligation in accordance with my directives:
“1.
To bring back for final return into the Reich all German nationals, and racial Germans in the foreign countries.
“2.
To eliminate the harmful influence of such alien-parts of the population, which represent a danger to the Reich, and the German folk community.
“3.
The forming of new German settlements by re-settling, and in particular by settling of the returning German citizens and racial Germans from abroad.
“The Reichsfuehrer SS is authorized to take all necessary general and administrative measures for the execution of this obligation.” (686-PS)