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Posted Sunday, October 18, 1998


 From David Irving's archive:

Hess document

What Did Adolf Hitler Do on the Night of Broken Glass?

The Urgent Circular that Rudolf Hess issued on "orders from the highest level" that night, November 10, 1938

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TRANSLATION: "To all Gauleiter HQs for Immediate Action! Directive No. 174/38. Repeating Telex of November 10, 1938. On express orders from the very highest level arson attacks on Jewish business and such like are not to occur under any circumstances or conditions whatever..."
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

Der Stellvertreter des Führers

München 33, den
10. November 1938

 

An alle Gauleitungen zur sofortigen Veranlassung!

 

A n o r d n u n g Nr. 174/38

(Wiederholung des Fernschreibens vom 10. Nov.1938)

 

Auf ausdrücklichen Befehl allerhöchster Stelle dürfen Brand-
legungen an jüdischen Geschäften oder dergleichen auf
gar keinen Fall und unter gar keinen Umständen erfolgen.

 

i.A.

(Opdenhoff)

 

Verteiler:

Gauleiter


The document was found in Berlin Document Center: Ordner 240/1.

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