In his 1987 survey of the historiography of the Holocaust, the Canadian historian Michael Marrus wrote that recent research pointed towards the authenticity of the L-3 document.[15] Christopher Browning, an American historian of the Holocaust, stated in 2004 that the L-3 document, which contains the Armenian quote, is not likely to be an accurate version of what Hitler said but an "apocalyptic" version that was purposefully leaked by the Poles to gain the support of Western nations.[16] German historian Tobias Jersak [de] cites the statement as evidence that Hitler believed that crimes committed during wartime would be overlooked. According to this interpretation, Hitler planned to unleash genocide upon the outbreak of war: "war would serve as a cover for extermination and the fighting would conceal the real war aim".[17]:575