On the Expulsion of Jews from Germany
(April 8, 1933)
James McDonald, the League of Nations high commissioner for refugees
coming from Germany met
with Adolf Hitler to
find out what could be done about the steady stream of Jews fleeing
Germany. The following quotation from Hitler was recorded in McDonald's diary.
“As to the Jews, why should there be such a
fuss when they are thrown out of places, when hundreds of thousands
of Aryan Germans are out on the streets. No, the world has no ground
for complaint. Germany is not fighting merely the battle of Germany.
It is fighting the battle of the world.”
Sources: Peter Carlson, “A Diplomat's Diary,” Washington
Post, (April 22, 2004)
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