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on the heels of German aggression, such registration
was required not only within the Reich but successively within the
conquered territories. For example, within Germany registration was
required by decree (Reichsgesetzblatt, Part 1, 1938, Page 922,
23 July, signed by the Defendant Frick); within Austria (Reichsgesetzblatt,
Volume 1, 1940, Page 694, 29 April); within Poland (Kurjer Krakowski, 5
October 1939); in France (Journal Officiel Number 9, Page 92, 30
September 1940); in Holland (Verordnungsblatt, Number 6, 10
January 1941, signed by the Defendant Seyss-Inquart).
The second step was to segregate and concentrate the Jews within
restricted areas called ghettos. This policy was carefully worked out,
and perhaps the confidential statement taken from the files of the
Defendant Rosenberg will best serve as an illustration.
I offer in evidence a copy of a memorandum from Defendant Rosenberg's
file entitled, "Directions for Handling of the Jewish Question,"
Document 212-PS, Exhibit Number USA-272. I quote from the top of Page 2
of the translation before the Court:
"The first main goal of the German
measures must be strict segregation of Jewry from the rest of the
population. The presupposition of this is, first of all, the
registration of the Jewish population by the introduction of a
compulsory registration order and similar appropriate measures . . . .
"
And then, in the second
sentence, in the second paragraph, on Page 2, 1 continue:
" . . . all rights of freedom for
Jews are to be withdrawn. They are to be placed in ghettos and at the
same time are to be separated according to sexes. The presence of many
more or less closed Jewish settlements in White Ruthenia and in the
Ukraine makes this mission easier. Moreover,. places are to be chosen
which make possible the full use of the Jewish manpower as a
consequence of present labor programs. These ghettos can be placed
under the supervision of a Jewish self-government with Jewish
officials. The guarding of the boundaries between the ghettos and the
outer world is, however, the duty of the police.
"Also, in the case in which a ghetto could not yet be
established, care is to be taken through strict prohibition and
similar suitable measures that a further intermingling of blood of the
Jews and the rest of the populace does not continue."
In May 1941 Rosenberg, as the Reich Minister for the Eastern regions,
issued directions confining the Jews to ghettos in the Ukraine.