His objective was "to win Luxembourg back over to the German nation as soon as possible."[1] He was convinced that Luxembourgers only needed a level of education and enlightenment in order to voluntarily declare their loyalty to Germany.[1] He deduced this from his belief that they were, in fact, German "by blood and by descent".[1] To the Gauleiter, Luxembourgish independence was an "absurd idea," which existed only because the monarchy and government had nurtured it: if the Luxembourgers were shown evidence of their belonging to the German nation, the will to be independent must disappear.[1]