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To: Stoat

Interesting. Hermann undoubtedly was responsible for plenty of deaths, but was AFAIK in charge of the Luftwaffe, the Nazi air force at the time. Not mkaing excuses, just a point of clarification. He was not particularly involved in the mass murder of Jews as was Heiderich, Mengele, Himmler, and many others.


4 posted on 04/08/2010 7:50:01 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
He was not particularly involved in the mass murder of Jews as was Heydrich, ...

He signed the letter directing Heydrich to smooth the process for dealing with a 'Final Solution'. In response, Heydrich convened the Wannsee conference and got the cooperation of many different governmental agencies in the extermination process.

10 posted on 04/08/2010 8:28:50 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Hermann Goering was Hitler’s top aide in the early days, responsible for much more than the Luftwaffe. He was Hitler’s designated successor and, as Reichsmarschall, the highest ranking military figure. Towards the end of the war, he was discredited by the failures of the Luftwaffe and his influence with Hitler declined but there was no break until the very last days of Hitler’s life.


12 posted on 04/08/2010 9:31:44 PM PDT by iowamark
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