“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 resettling and, in particular, by settling the returning German citizens and racial Germans from abroad.
“The Reichsführer SS is authorized to take all necessary general and administrative measures for the execution of his obligation.”
Himmler’s conception of his task under this decree is plainly stated in the foreword which he wrote for the Deutsche Arbeit issue of June-July 1942. The foreword is contained in Document Number 2915-PS, now Exhibit Number USA-306. I quote from the first four lines of the English text. The German text appears at Page 157:
“It is our task”—Himmler wrote—“to germanize the East, not in the old sense—that is, to teach the people there the German language and German law—but to see to it that only people of purely German, Germanic blood live in the East. Signed, Himmler.”
I next offer in evidence Document Number 2916-PS, which is Exhibit Number USA-307. This document contains various materials taken out of Der Menscheneinsatz of 1940, a confidential publication issued by Himmler’s office for the consolidation of German nationhood. I quote initially from Page 1, lines 7 to 11. In the German text these extracts appear at Page 51, first four lines under the letter “D.” I quote: