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The German assault on Poland is in its final stages, with Warsaw encircled and remaining pockets of Polish defenders isolated and subject to aerial attacks.

The German emissary in Washington has claimed Hitler’s Third Reich does not seek world domination, claiming a satisfactory settlement of the ‘Polish problem’ would have been possible in the absence of ‘British interference.’

The Nazi Office of Racial Policy published a report warning against ‘mixed marriages’ between German and non-German people.

Noting the accelerating birthrates of Slavic people in Eastern Europe, the report claimed:

‘We Germans can only maintain our position against those people by preventing a recession in our German population. Every healthy German is obligated to prevent the extermination of the German race through parenthood.’

A German government report has claimed a purge of Poland’s three million Jews would contribute significantly to ‘resolving the Jewish question in Europe.’



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Photo of the Day PodcastBy Brenda Elthon