“Therefore”—said Hitler—“we shall emphasize again that we were compelled to occupy a region to establish order and security there . . . our method of regulation is the natural outcome of this. Thus it must not be revealed that this may bring about a final solution. However, despite and notwithstanding this, we shall take all necessary measures such as mass shootings, deportation, et cetera.”
Any kind of violence against the peaceful population, deportation into German slavery, shooting, and looting were called “regulation” in the words of Hitler and his accomplices.
At this conference the conspirators defined the ulterior aims of the Hitlerite Government in respect of the Soviet Union as follows:
“In the main, the problem amounts to this . . . first, to conquer it, secondly, to rule it and thirdly, to exploit it. . . .
“The basic idea: The creation of a military power west of the Urals must never occur again, even if, in order to prevent it, we have to fight for a hundred years. All the adherents of the Führer must know this. The Reich will only be secure if no foreign military force exists west of the Urals.
“The iron law must be: None but the Germans shall be permitted to bear arms . . . only a German has the right to carry a weapon; no Slav, no Czech, no Cossack, no Ukrainian.
“Hitler continued: The Baltic countries must become a province of the Reich. The Crimea and a considerable area to the north must likewise become a province of the Reich. These areas must be as extensive as possible. . . The Volga colony must become a territory of the Reich, the Baku region a German concession (military colony).
“The Finns want East Karelia. However, because of its great nickel production, the Kola peninsula must go to Germany. . . .
“The Finns claim the Leningrad region. Level Leningrad to the ground, then give it to the Finns.”
The rapacious aims of the war launched by Germany against the U.S.S.R. are frankly set forth in an article by the director of the fascist propaganda, the notorious Goebbels, under the title “What For?” Goebbels wrote: