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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (131302)	5/4/2004 2:27:18 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

My understanding is different. Hitler did not start mass murder of Jews until he actually started WWII, by invading Poland in 1939, and was (finally) able (liberated) to kill non-German Jews in countries that the Germans conquered and occupied. In Germany, by contrast, there was ample civil authority that acted as a brake on the most extreme actions. For example, killing mental patients and retarded people in institutions was impossible to continue when the families realized what was going on. He stopped that in Germany because he was forced to do so, civil society would not allow it, but was able to continue outside Germany. German Jews were also kept alive by German civil society until late in the war. Hitler tried to make Germany Judenrein (Jew free) by civil mistreatment, but for many reasons, there were plenty of Jews who refused to leave Germany. So, for a long time, there were several categories of Jews. The worst category was Slavic Jew, the best category German Jew. Slavic Jews and German Jews received different treatment.