Posen Speech — Oct. 4, 1943 — Full Version

Heinrich Himmler's "Speech to the SS Officers" in Posen, Poland, Oct 4, 1943. This speech is of significant interest as it describes the Nazi Holocaust without euphemism, as well as their cold attitude toward the Slavs. There was also an important speech delivered on Oct 6, but the recording has been lost. German transcript found at: www.1000dokumente.de/pdf/dok_0008_pos_de.pdf English translation found at: holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/posen.html Also see: phdn.org/archives/holocaust-history.org/himmler-poznan/speech-text.shtml 00:41:30 "Psychology of the Slavs," etc. — an "uninhibited beast" whose survival "is only of interest to me insofar as we need them as slaves for our culture" 02:00:17 "Die Judenevakuierung," Jewish Evacuation (euphemism) — describes the Holocaust as a difficult subject (compared to Night of Long Knives) to be kept unspoken for fear of public backlash (similar to that toward Aktion T4); defines Jewish Evacuation as "the extermination of the Jewish people," says most in audience "know what it means when 100 bodies lie together, when there are 500, or when there are 1000"; goes on to rail against pocketing of stolen Jewish goods meant for the German state: "without mercy! We have the moral right, we had the duty to our people to do it, to kill this people who wanted to kill us, but we do not have the right to enrich ourselves with even one fur"