hermod wrote:research wrote:Does anyone know who the "Herr SS-Obergruppenführer Groß" is supposed to have been? And where does this Ley quote come from?
I don't know who SS-Obergruppenführer Groß was (or if he actually existed and/or said that) and where that Ley quote comes from, but I know that "exterminated" was an inaccurate translation of ausgerottet in 1942 ("extirpated" and "eradicated" were more accurate translations of that word before the Allied postwar reshaping of Germany) and that Dr. Robert Ley was a fiery anti-Semite who was not in charge of any organization directly dealing with the solution the Jewish problem (he headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945) and who often called for the violent elimination of the Jews in his public speeches (At best, the most colorful Ley quotes prove that calling for the liquidation of the Jews was not illegal in Nazi Germany! No big deal and hardly a surprise!!).Hektor wrote:And I don't think the Gross quote is anything more than hearsay.
Doesn't even sound like hearsay. Sounds like a personal opinion and wish.
As far as I know, that guy was not the spokesman of the German government or of Eichmann's department.
Indeed, Ley was merely a trade unionist. Had nothing to do with dealing with 'the Jewish Question'. But a listener doesn't necessarily register this. It's short = Nazi + Jew-Hater and that makes the extermination narrative more plausible. There were observable deportations... So the whole thing becomes more imaginable for the audience.
Ley however also had the reputation of being a 'drinker'. And indeed made inflammatory statements against Jews.... Which should be seen in context as well. Given that Jewish outlets were the most vitriolic against Germany.
Ley is said to have committed suicide in his cell in Nuremberg using a towel.
This Anita Lasker character is still alive. She's a speaker for the Holocaust Industry. The whole "I was there" sort of martyr scenario, which is so persuasive to many in an audience. Her own biography isn't exactly supportive for the Holocaust. "She was spared, because she could play an instrument".... How ridiculous is this?