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Dear Group, Another very interesting message about Hitler's statement about the Armenians. <<...>> Yad Vashem Information Services Archives Hall of Names Library Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ For future reference please use reference number: 94736 Dear Ms. Shawhan, In response to a call put out by Susan Ferkin concerning you query about the exact text of Hitler's statement regarding the Armenians, the following was taken off of the USHMM website: I have issued the command -- and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by firing squad -- that our war aim does not consist of reaching certain lines, but in the physical destruction of the enemy. Accordingly, I have placed my death-head formations in readiness -- for the present only in the East -- with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space (Lebensraum) which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians? Source: Adolf Hitler, Obersalzberg, August 22, 1939, speech delivered by Hitler to the Supreme Commanders and Commanding Generals; as stated by Former Bureau Chief of the Associated Press in Berlin, Louis Lochner, in his book What About Germany? (New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1942), p. 2. This particular language does not appear in any of the other primary source accounts of Hitler's speech. I also found a similar reference in the following paper: Dadrian, Vahakn N. The historical and legal interconnections between the Armenian genocide and the Jewish Holocaust: From impunity to retributive justice. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Journal of International Law, 1998 Page 538*Quoting from 2nd paragraph*“Who after all is today speaking of the destruction of the Armenians?” is another statement attributed to Hitler. The statement is highlighted in block letters on a granite wall of the Exhibition Hall of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D. C…. Trust this might be of help. Sincerely, Joan Mathes Information Services Post Office Box 3477, Jerusalem, 91039, Israel Tel: 972-2-644-3687 Fax: 972-2-6443443 www.yadvashem.org.il -- Joanne Shawhan Library Media Specialist Cobleskill-Richmondville High School PO Box 269 Warnerville NY 12187 (518)234-3565 x1151 (518) 234-9006 (fax) jshawhan@nycap.rr.com shawhanj@crcs.k12.ny.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=