Chapter 52: Himmler
Hitler took off his light-colored clothes and changed into a dark uniform, still wearing a red wide-brimmed armband embroidered with white trim and a black "swastika" on the armband, and still wearing the National Socialist Party emblem on the lapel.
Hitler slowly finished his cup of strong coffee, looked at everyone, and whispered: "Gentlemen, we will soon take Moscow, and then Russia will fall." You know what an incalculable wealth this giant with feet of clay had: gold, ore, coal, oil, forests, fertile land, and, of course, labor that does not cost money. There are too many Slavs, Jews and other nationalities whose fate is tied to the Bolsheviks. Many of them do not submit to us even in the places occupied by our army. On the contrary, they hid in the jungle and armed themselves to form bandits, invade our garrisons, kill our officers and soldiers, blow up bridges, oil depots, and subvert military vehicles. We do not feel that we are masters in this land that the best men of Germany have bled so much! A few days ago, von? General Horen told me that in the rear of his army there were even small regular units of the Russian army operating. They burned down military fuel depots, destroyed railway junctions, and blew up railway bridges in the hours before our offensive, which made it impossible for our troops to mobilize their troops. ”
Hitler stood up and slapped the table with his palm: "How long will we tolerate all sorts of bandits killing the essence of our Germanic peoples in the rear?" What we need in the East is living space, not Slavs, Jews and other scum! Himmler, you do this, immediately implement the plan that I approved on the eve of the war against Russia. ”
Himmler stood up, wiped his nose and glasses with a snow-white handkerchief, put them on the bridge of his nose, looked at the small brown notepad, and said: "My Führer! At present, in the occupied Russian territories, many of our SS, secret police, security and Gestapo organizations are active, and they are cleansing Russia of the Bolshevik scum on the ground. We are vigorously exposing, arresting and eliminating the Bolsheviks, Jews, partisans and their accomplices. The captured officers and men were imprisoned in concentration camps in Germany, Poland, and our vassal country, the Czech Republic. ”
"Heinrich! You didn't understand my intentions. There is no need to feed the prisoners and other Russians in the camps, there is no need to send officers and soldiers to guard them. Prisoners are to be killed on the battlefield, and all suspicious people are to be shot immediately. Strong men and women could be transported to Germany and put in custody to work in our mines, iron mines, and quarries. Those who are weak and unable to work shall be destroyed. In the places where the guerrillas are found, all the local residents must be killed and their houses burned down. ”
"Only cruelty can win!" Goering chimed in.
"Germany is just, and only merciless cruelty will help our army to victory."
"I understand your words, my Führer. Immediately give your orders to the SS and the Gestapo. After Himmler finished speaking, he sat down, took off his nose and glasses, and wiped them again with his handkerchief.
"I want you to understand once and for all that there is no place for Slavs, Jews and other lowly peoples on our planet. Only the Aryans are a noble race, masters of the world. Today we have Germany, and tomorrow we will have the whole world! ”
"We will do our best to put your ideas into practice; Our Führer! Bowman said.
"Very well, so let's do it. But quietly, don't let the national press know. ”
"It will be kept in absolute secrecy," Mr. Himmler assured.
"Herman," Hitler continued, "to transport the great wealth of the Russians to Germany, the railway transport is no longer sufficient, and the air force must be brought in to assist it." Precious metals, fine equipment, works of art, museum treasures, furs, everything that would make the German land rich and beautiful were to be transported out of Russia. ”
Goebbels looked at Hitler intently and chimed in: "Their Ukrainian soil is wonderful—it's all black." ”
"The black soil will also be ours." Goering interjected, and everyone else laughed happily.
At the end of the party, Himmler left the "wolf's den" with excitement.
Himmler joined the National Socialist Party in 23 years, an inevitable consequence of his constant search for recognition and political direction. This party comrade, numbered 42404, was initially only the Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht, Ernst Brown. An inconspicuous character under the influence of Roma. Röhm later became the leader of the SA, leading his brown-shirted infantry to clear the way for Hitler to come to power, and he was in and out of Munich's "racist" backrooms like Himmler. He quickly fell in love with the enthusiastic, faithful and obedient college student with nickel-rimmed glasses. When Hitler went to the High Command Hall on November 9 of that year, Rohm and his men occupied the former Bavarian Ministry of Defense. On a photo of this surprise attack, Heinrich . Himmler was the standard-bearer who carried the battle flag of the Republic. It was a pivotal moment in his life. He finally belongs to "one of them". Although the insurrection failed sadly and the leaders were imprisoned, Himmler found his goal: a political "struggle" for this "cause". Since then, he has been cut off from all back roads. Himmler once said that whatever Hitler ordered him to do, even if it was to "shoot his mother," he would do it to the letter, and was "proud of the trust" that the order expressed.
After the National Socialist Party came to power, Himmler and his assistant Reinhard came to power. Heydrich worked together and skillfully entered key positions in the new empire. The two men, starting in Bavaria, gradually grasped all the administrative power of the empire. SS members were all over the police department and the newly built concentration camps. The important instruments of authoritarian power were in Himmler's hands. Tyranny, violence, and intimidation of the populace became his business. The "SS state leader" became the head of all German police in the personnel composition. Although he inherited the friendly slogan commonly used in the Weimar Republic – "Policeman, your friend and helper" – he worked in a completely different style. "I don't care if our actions violate some kind of clause." It was at the "German Judicial Academy" that he boasted: "In order to accomplish our task, in my work for the Führer and the people, I am basically doing what I am sure to be responsible for, in accordance with healthy human sanity." Others complain about breaking the law, and it doesn't matter at all. In fact, our work is to lay the foundation for a new kind of right – the right of the German nation to exist. ”