Language:
German
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch des Instituts für Deutsche Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
15 (1986) 431-464
Keywords:
Wagner, Robert Heinrich,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jews History 1939-1945
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Jews
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Jews History 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 Deportations from Germany
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Saarpfalz (Germany)
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Baden (Germany)
Abstract:
The sudden deportation of Jews by the Nazis in October 1940 from Baden and Saarpfalz to the Gurs camp in southern France was intended to unify the frontier zone with the newly-occupied Alsace-Lorraine. Although this deportation is known as the "Bürckel-Aktion", Gestapo leader Joseph Bürckel's colleague Robert Wagner actually initiated it, with the approval of Heydrich and Himmler. At his trial, Wagner claimed that Hitler gave him personal instructions to "Germanize Alsace and dispose of its Jews". The indifference of the German population was partly motivated by their hopes of obtaining the Jews' property.
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