In the summer of 1937 Oberländer formulated a "divide and
conquer" strategy for Poland. Within Poland, ethnic groups were
to be directed into fighting with each other in order to prepare
ground for German rule. The Poles were to be steered away from
opposing Germans and guided into confrontation with Russians
Oberländer additionally called for elimination of "assimiliated
Jewry" which in his view carried "communist ideas". Polish
peasants were to be "taught" that they benefit from German
"law". In order to win over Poles for the side of German
hegemony , Oberländer proposed that they share in theft of
Jewish property. Around 3,5 million Polish Jews and 1,5 million
people who were considered "assimilated Jews" were to be
deprived of all of their rights. He is considered by some
historians to be among the academics who laid the intellectual
foundation for Final Solution