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Hitler
Confusing matters considerably was the recent entry of the United States following Germany’s declaration of war in support of its Japanese ally. To everyone’s surprise, the new Anglo-American Allies stated that their first priority was Germany. <anchor>Hitler</anchor> wanted to end the fighting on the Eastern Front, or at least minimize it, before the Americans had a chance to get deeply involved in the war in Europe.Whatever plan they chose it would have to have sweeping strategic importance. Limited operations, like collapsing the salients or finally taking Leningrad, would simply not force the war to a close.
Adolf Hitler: Table of Contents
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# The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler

Category »[The Holocaust](/the-holocaust)

Basic History


[Introductory History to The Holocaust](/an-introductory-history-of-the-holocaust)

[Could We Have Stopped Hitler?](/could-we-have-stopped-hitler)

[Holocaust Quiz](/holocaust-quiz)

[The Holocaust as a Moral Choice](/the-holocaust-as-a-moral-choice-br-part-1)

[Life for Jews in Pre-War Germany](/jews-in-pre-war-germany)

[Simon Wiesenthal's 36 Questions](/36-questions-and-answers-about-the-holocaust)

[What We Knew and When We Knew It](/what-we-knew-and-when-we-knew-it-during-the-holocaust)

[Why is the Holocaust Unique?](/what-makes-the-holocaust-unique)

[Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust](/guidelines-for-teaching-about-the-holocaust)

Reference


[Concentraton Camp & Ghetto Money](/ghetto-concentration-camp-money)

[Displaced Persons](/displaced-persons-table-of-contents)

[The Enabling Act](/the-enabling-act)

[Glossary of Terms](/holocaust-glossary)

[Holocaust Maps](/holocaust-and-world-war-ii-maps)

[Nazi Party](/the-nazi-party)

[Resistance to the Holocaust](/resistance-to-the-holocaust)

[Photographs](/holocaust-photographs)

[Who's Who in Nazi Germany](/who-s-who-in-nazi-germany)

[World War II](/world-war-ii)

[Operation Torch and the Liberation of North African Jews](/operation-torch-and-the-liberation-of-north-african-jews)

Persecution


[American Victims of the Holocaust](/american-victims-of-the-holocaust)

[Concentration Camps](/concentration-camps)

[Estimated Number of Jews Killed](/estimated-number-of-jews-killed-in-the-final-solution)

[Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust & Nazi Persecution](/documenting-numbers-of-victims-of-the-holocaust)

[Euthanasia Program](/the-nazi-euthanasia-t-4-program)

[Einsatzgruppen](/the-einsatzgruppen)

[Final Solution](/the-quot-final-solution-quot)

[Forced Labor](/forced-labor-in-the-holocaust)

[Ghettos](/ghettos-during-the-holocaust)

[Kristallnacht](/kristallnacht-quot-night-of-broken-glass-quot)

[Medical Experiments](/nazi-medical-experiments)

[Nuremberg Laws](/the-nuremberg-laws)

[Nazi War Crimes](/nazi-war-crimes-and-trials)

[Yellow Badges](/yellow-badges-stars-and-markings)

[Timeline of Jewish Persecution](/timeline-of-jewish-persecution-in-the-holocaust)

Business and the Holocaust


[List of Major Companies Involved in the Concentration Camps](/list-of-major-companies-involved-in-the-concentration-camps)

[BMW and the Holocaust](/bmw-and-the-holocaust)

[Dr. Oetker & the Nazis](/dr-oetker-nazi-connection)

[Ford Motors & the Third Reich](/ford-motor-company-nbsp-and-the-third-reich)

[Ford Report Denying War Profits](/ford-motors-report-on-german-subsidiary-in-world-war-ii)

[General Motors & the Third Reich](/general-motors-and-the-third-reich)

[German Business and the Third Reich](/german-business-and-the-third-reich-table-of-contents)

[IBM & “Death’s Calculator”](/ibm-and-quot-death-s-calculator-quot-2)

[Swiss Bank Credit Suisse Maintained Nazi-Linked Bank Accounts](/swiss-bank-credit-suisse-maintained-nazi-linked-bank-accounts)

[Varta Battery Factories](/varta-battery-factories)

Rescuers


[Children’s Aid Society (Oeuvre De Secours Aux Enfants - OSE)](/children-s-aid-society-oeuvre-de-secours-aux-enfants-ose)

[Intercepted Spanish Cable Regarding Request to Help Jews in Budapest](/intercepted-spanish-cable-regarding-request-to-help-jews-in-budapest)

[Margaret Thatcher's Family Sheltered Austrian Jew](/margaret-thatcher-s-family-sheltered-austrian-jew)

[Non-Jewish Rescuers in the Holocaust](/non-jewish-rescuers-in-the-holocaust)

[The Kindness of Strangers: The Rescue of\
Denmark's Jews](/the-kindness-of-strangers)

[The Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews](/8220-we-must-help-8221-the-rescue-of-bulgaria-s-jews-jewish-virtual-library)

[Righteous Among the Nations](/righteous-among-the-nations)

Biographies


[Allied Liberators](/allied-liberators-of-the-holocaust)

[Jewish Victims](/jewish-victims-of-the-holocaust)

[Jews in Occupied Countries](/jews-in-nazi-occupied-countries)

[Nazi Perpetrators](/nazi-perpetrators-of-the-holocaust)

[Adolf Hitler](/adolf-hitler-table-of-contents)

[Non-Jewish Victims](/non-jewish-victims-of-the-holocaust)

[Roma (Gypsies)](/roma-gypsies-in-the-holocaust)

[Jehovah's Witnesses](/jehovah-s-witnesses-in-the-holocaust)

[Homosexuals](/homosexuals-and-the-holocaust)

[Resistance Fighters](/resistance-to-the-holocaust)

[Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini](/mufti-haj-amin-al-husseini)

World Reaction


[Allied Declaration on Persecution of the Jews](/allied-declaration-on-persecution-of-the-jews)

[Arab Middle East](/the-mufti-and-the-f-uuml-hrer)

[The Associated Press Cooperation With the Nazis](/title-of-article)

[Bulgaria](/bulgaria-virtual-jewish-history-tour#6)

[Dominican Republic](/dominican-republic-as-haven-for-jewish-refugees)

[Great Britain](/great-britain-and-the-holocaust)

[International Refugee Policy](/immigration-and-refugee-policy-during-wwii-table-of-contents)

[Japan](/japan-and-the-jews-during-the-holocaust)

[United States](/u-s-policy-during-wwii-and-the-holocaust)

[The Vatican](/the-vatican-and-the-holocaust)

[Vichy France](/the-french-vichy-regime)

[World Response to the Holocaust](/world-response-to-the-holocaust)

Public Opinion


[What Americans Know About the Holocaust](/what-americans-know-about-the-holocaust)

[American Teens Knowledge of the Holocaust](/american-teens-knowledge-of-the-holocaust)

[Claims Conference Survey Shows Holocaust Fading From Memory](/claims-conference-survey)

[American Public Opinion on Helping Allies and Trading Territory for Peace](/american-public-opinion-on-going-to-war-against-germany)

[Public Opinion Polls After Kristallnacht](/public-opinion-polls-after-kristallnacht)

Aftermath


[Holocaust Denial](/holocaust-denial)

[Holocaust Survivors](/holocaust-survivors)

[Museums & Memorials](/holocaust-museums-monuments-and-commemorations)

[Never Again Education Act](/never-again-education-act)

[Reparations, Restitutions & Assets](/holocaust-restitution-and-reparations)

[Top 10 "Most Wanted" Nazis](/top-10-most-wanted-nazi-war-criminals)

[Tracing Lost Family Members](/tracing-family-members-lost-in-the-holocaust)

[U.S.-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues](/u-s-germany-dialogue-on-holocaust-issues)

[U.S. Judge Rules Holocaust is a Historical Fact](/american-judge-rules-holocaust-was-a-historical-fact)

[U.S. States Requiring Holocaust Education in Schools](/u-s-states-requiring-holocaust-education-in-schools)

[War Crimes Trials](/nazi-war-crimes-trials)

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The Holocaust: [Table of Contents](/the-holocaust) \| [The Nazi Party](/the-nazi-party) \| [World War II](/world-war-ii)

### Reference

- [Biography](/adolf-hitler)
  - [Announcement of Hitler's Death](/doenitz-announces-hitler-s-death-may-1945) (1945)
  - [Was Hitler Jewish?](/was-hitler-jewish)
  - [CIA File on Hitler](/jsource/Holocaust/CIAHitler.pdf)
  - [Hitler, Adolf Medical Assessment, CIA](/jsource/Holocaust/CIA_Hitler_Medical_Assessment.pdf), (November 29, 1945);
  - [Psychological Analysis of Hitler](/psychological-analysis-of-hitler-s-life-and-legend-2)
  - [Hitler's Secret Book](/adolf-hitler-s-zweites-buch-secret-book)
  - [Analysis on the Personality of Adolf Hitler](/jsource/Holocaust/PersonalityofAdolphHitler.compressed.pdf)
  - [OSS Biographical Sketch of Adolf Hitler](/jsource/Holocaust/OSSBiographicalSketch.compressed.pdf)
- [Could We Have Stopped Hitler?](/could-we-have-stopped-hitler)
- [Eva Braun](/eva-braun)
  - [Eva Braun’s Diary](/eva-braun-s-diary)
- [First Mention of Hitler in the New York Times](/jsource/images/Holocaust/firsthitler.pdf) (1922)
- [Gandhi’s Prewar Letter to Hitler](/ghandi-s-prewar-letter-to-hitler) (July 23, 1939)
- [Gandhi’s Second Letter to Hitler](/gandhi-s-letter-to-hitler) (December 24, 1940)
- [The Mufti and the Fuhrer](/the-mufti-and-the-f-uuml-hrer) (1941)
- [The Nazi Regime in Germany](/the-nazi-regime-in-germany)
  - [Third Reich Power Structure](/the-third-reich-power-structure)
- [Photographs](/adolf-hitler-life-in-photographs)
- [Plot to Assassinate Hitler](/operation-valkyrie-the-quot-july-plot-quot-to-assassinate-hitler) (1944)

  - [Sippenhaft](/sippenhaft)
- [Roosevelt’s Prewar Attitude Toward Hitler](/roosevelt-s-prewar-attitude-toward-hitler)
- [Timeline of Events](/timeline-of-major-events-in-hitler-s-life)

### Quotes & Statements

- [First Anti-Semitic Writings](/adolf-hitler-s-first-anti-semitic-writing) (1919)
- [On the Annihilation of the Jews](/adolf-hitler-on-the-annihilation-of-the-jews-september-1919) (1919)
- [Essay on National-Socialist Party](/adolf-hitler-essay-on-the-national-socialist-party-and-the-german-national-conservative-party-1922) (1922)
- [Hitler Threatens Jews, Americans, English](/hitler-threatens-jews-americans-english) (1923)
- [Excerpt from _Mein Kampf_](/excerpts-from-mein-kampf) (1925)
- [On the Expulsion of Jews](/adolf-hitler-on-the-expulsion-of-jews-from-germany-april-1933) (1933)
- [The Fuehrer Oath](/the-fuehrer-oath) (1934)
- [On Importance of the Nuremburg Laws](/hitler-on-importance-of-the-nuremburg-laws-to-party-leaders-september-1935) (1935)
- [On the Tasks of the Four-Year Plan](/hitler-on-the-tasks-of-the-four-year-plan-1936) (1936)
- [On the Jewish Question](/adolf-hitler-on-the-jewish-question-jewish-virtual-library) (1939)
- [Meeting with the Mufti of Jerusalem](/the-mufti-rsquo-s-conversation-with-hitler) (1941)
- [On Results of the War](/hitler-on-the-result-of-the-war-1942) (1942)
- [On Cruelty](/adolf-hitler-on-cruelty-1942) (1942)
- [Threats Against the Jews](/hitler-s-threats-against-the-jews-1941-1945) (1941-1945)
- [Banning Reference to the "Final Solution"](/hitler-bans-public-reference-july-1943) (1943)
- [Political Testament](/hitler-s-political-testament-april-1945) / [Last Will](/hitler-s-last-will-april-1945) (1945)

### Speeches & Declarations

- [Hitler’s First Radio Address](/hitler-s-first-radio-address) (February 1, 1933)
- [Adolf Hitler’s First Speech as Chancellor of Germany](/adolf-hitler-s-first-speech-as-chancellor-of-germany) (February 10, 1933)
- [Letter to President Roosevelt on Invasion of Czechoslovakia](/adolf-hitler-letter-to-president-roosevelt-on-invasion-of-czechoslovakia-september-1938) (1938)
- [Hitler’s Address to the Reichstag on the Anniversary of Coming to Power](/hitler-s-address-to-the-reichstag-on-the-anniversary-of-coming-to-power) (January 30, 1939)
- [Hitler Speech Before the Reichstag](/hitler-speech-before-the-reichstag)(September 1, 1939)
- [Order Authorizing Involuntary Euthanasia in Germany](/adolf-hitler-order-authorizing-october-1939) (1939)
- [At the Berlin Sports Palace](/hitler-speech-at-the-berlin-sports-palace-january-30-1941) (1941)
- [To the Nazi Party in Munich](/adolf-hitler-speech-by-chancellor-hitler-to-the-nazi-party-in-munich-february-1941) (1941)
- [Memorial Address](/adolf-hitler-memorial-address-march-1941) (1941)
- [Address to the Reichstag](/adolf-hitler-address-to-the-reichstag-may-1941) (1941)
- [Order Calling for Invasion of Yugoslovia and Greece](/adolf-hitler-order-of-the-day-calling-for-invasion-of-yugoslovia-and-greece-april-1941) (1941)
- [Order to Troops on the Eastern Front](/adolf-hitler-order-of-the-day-to-troops-on-the-eastern-front-october-1941) (1941)
- [Declaration of War Against the Soviet Union](/adolf-hitler-declaration-of-war-on-the-soviet-union-june-1941) (1941)

  - [Explanation of the Soviet Invasion](/adolf-hitler-explanation-of-the-soviet-invasion-june-1941)
- [Declaration of War Against the United States](/hitler-s-speech-declaring-war-against-the-united-states) (1941)

  - [Official Declaration of War](/german-declaration-of-war-with-the-united-states)
- [On Assuming Direct Command of the German Army](/adolf-hitler-proclamation-on-assuming-direct-command-to-the-german-army-december-1941) (1941)
- [Broadcast on the Winter Help Scheme](/adolf-hitler-broadcast-to-the-german-people-on-the-winter-help-scheme-october-1941) (1941)
- [To the Reichstag Assuming New Powers](/adolf-hitler-speech-to-the-reichstag-assuming-new-power-april-1942) (1942)
- [Broadcast Plea for Winter Aid](/adolf-hitler-broadcast-plea-for-winter-aid-august-1942) (1942)
- [On 19th Anniversary of “Beer Hall Putsch”](/adolf-hitler-speech-on-the-19th-anniversary-of-the-ldquo-beer-hall-putsch-rdquo-november-1942)(1942)
- [Appeal on Entry of German Troops into Unoccupied France](/adolf-hitler-appeal-to-the-french-on-the-entry-of-german-troops-into-unoccupied-france-november-1942) (1942)

  - [Announcing Decision to Occupy Toulon](/adolf-hitler-letter-to-marshal-petain-announcing-decision-to-occupy-toulon-november-1942)
  - [Announcing German Occupation of France](/adolf-hitler-letter-to-marshall-petain-announcing-german-occupation-of-france-november-1942)
- [Address at Opening of Winter Relief Campaign](/adolf-hitler-address-at-the-opening-of-the-winter-relief-campaign-september-1942) (1942)
- [On 12th Anniversary of the National Socialist Regime](/adolf-hitler-broadcast-on-the-12th-anniversary-of-the-national-socialist-regime-january-1945) (1945)
- [On 25th Anniversary of National Socialist Party's Program](/adolf-hitler-speech-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-the-announcement-of-the-national-socialist-party-s-program-february-1945) (1945)
- [Order for a Last Stand in the East](/adolf-hitler-order-for-a-last-stand-in-the-east-april-1945) (1945)
- [Order to Western Armies Concerning Guerrilla Warfare](/adolf-hitler-orders-to-his-western-armies-concerning-guerrilla-warfare-april-1945) (1945)

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