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On 17 February 1943, the Higher SS and Police Leader East Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger forwarded to the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler correspondence of German officials in the General Gouvernement.
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On 17 February 1943, the Higher SS and Police Leader East Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger forwarded to the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler correspondence of German officials in the General Gouvernement.The cause was a letter written by Wilhelm Hagen, the medical officer of Warsaw, to Adolf Hitler. In his letter of 7 December 1942, Hagen explained that Lothar Weirauch, head of the Department of Population and Welfare, had revealed that "it is intended or considered, in the course of the resettlement of 200,000 Poles in the east of the General Government...to deal with a third of the Poles - with 70,000 old people and children under the age of 10, as with the Jews, that is, to kill them" (see document below). He did ask Hitler for his intervention and decision on the issue.
Krüger also submitted a statement of Weirauch of 4 February 1943. He assured that he did not claim that "in the course of the resettlement of 200,000 Poles to East of the General Government one third of Poles, namely 70,000 old people and children under the age of ten, are to be killed". Interestingly, he did not deny the remark on the Jews. He admitted to have stated in a meeting that "during the resettlement in Zamosc the resistance movement had spread the word that the resettlers are treated as the Jews".
Krüger also submitted a statement of Weirauch of 4 February 1943. He assured that he did not claim that "in the course of the resettlement of 200,000 Poles to East of the General Government one third of Poles, namely 70,000 old people and children under the age of ten, are to be killed". Interestingly, he did not deny the remark on the Jews. He admitted to have stated in a meeting that "during the resettlement in Zamosc the resistance movement had spread the word that the resettlers are treated as the Jews".
On 29 March 1943, Himmler's Personal Administrative Officer Rudolf Brandt enquired at the Reichs Health Leader, Leonardo Conti, on the fate of Hagen. In Himmler's opinion he had written an "in its tendency outrageous letter" and he wished to see him in a "concentration camp". Conti argued that Hagen was removed from his position in Warsaw but would like to employ his workforce in the Altreich. Himmler agreed with this proposal.
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Abschrift.Warschau, den 7. Dezember 1942.Brieffach 54.bis 27. XII. Anschrift:Augsburg, Zeugplatz 7.Dr. Wilhelm HagenStadtmedizinalratAmtsarzt der Stadt WarschauBezirksleiter des Reichstuberkulose-Ausschusses im GGAn den Führer des Großdeutschen Reiches Adolf HitlerMein Führer!Nach Beratung mit einem langjahrigen Freunde Friedrich Weber, "Oberlandweber" - einem Manne, dessen Ergebenheit zu Ihnen, meinem Führer, ausser allem Zweifel steht, bitte ich Sie, mich in folgender Sache zu hören, da Weber selbst durch Krankheit verhindert ist, die Vermittlung zu übernehmen:Bei einer Regierungsbesprechung über die Tuberkulosebekämpfung wurde uns von dem Leiter der Abteilung Bevölkerungswesen und Fürsorge, Oberverwaltungsrat Weirauch als geheime Reichssache mitgeteilt, es sei beabsichtigt oder werde erwogen, bei der Umsiedlung von 200.000 Polen im Osten des Generalgouvernements zwecks Ansiedlung deutscher Wehrbauern, mit einem Drittel der Polen - 70 000 alten Leuten und Kindern unter 10 Jahren so zu verfahren, wie mit den Juden, das heisst, sie zu töten.[...]
TRANSLATION
Copy.Warsaw, December 7, 1942.Letter box 54.until 27.XII. Address:Augsburg, Zeugplatz 7.Dr. Wilhelm HagenStadtmedizinalratMedical officer of the city of WarsawDistrict leader of the Reich Tuberculosis Committee in the GeneralgouvernementTo the leader of the Greater German Reich Adolf HitlerMy Führer!After consulting with a longtime friend Friedrich Weber, "Oberlandweber" - a man whose devotion to you, my Führer, is out of all doubt, I ask you to hear me in the following matter, since Weber himself is prevented by illness to take over the mediation:At a government meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, we were informed by the head of the Department of Population and Welfare, Oberverwaltungsrat Weirauch as a secret Reich Affair, it is intended or considered, in the course of the resettlement of 200,000 Poles in the east of the General Government to settle German Wehrbauern, to deal with a third of the Poles - with 70,000 old people and children under the age of 10, as with the Jews, that is, to kill them.[...]
(BArch NS 19/1210; for reasons of time, the reproductions were made only from the microfilm of the file)