Unakceptable_views (@Unakceptabke_views)

**Freemasons and jews in Serbia interred into labor camps to violent and subversive behavior** **Memorandum from the Department for German Internal Affairs, Berlin, September 13, 1941:** I am unable to see the necessity for the deportation of the 1,200 male jews, if not to Rumania then to the General Government or to Russia, as desired by the office of the Plenipotentiary of the Foreign Ministry in Belgrade. Russia, as an area of operations, is entirely unsuited for the reception of these jews. If they are already a danger in Serbia, they will be much more so in Russia. The General Government is already over-saturated with jews. In my opinion it ought to be possible, given the necessary harshness and determination, to keep the jews in camps in Serbia. If the jews continue to fan disturbances there one should proceed against them with intensified martial law. • • • • • **German correspondence in Belgrade, Serbia, detailing the confinement of Freemasons into concentration camps. September 28th 1941** **For the Foreign Minister personally** I have repeatedly requested the support of the Foreign Ministry with regard to the immediate deportation of local male jews from Serbia, which was however denied me. Permit me to remind you that in Fuschl you expressly promised your help in moving the jews and also the Freemasons and pro-English Serbs, be it down the Danube or into concentration camps in Germany or in the General Government. The immediate solution of the jewish question is the most important political task here at the moment, and is the prerequisite for a start in eliminating Freemasons and the intelligentisia which is hostile to us. The military operation in progress to put down the insurrection has now created a suitable moment for beginning the action. Furthermore, General Böhme as well as the Military Commander have again very emphatically asked me to make an effort on their behalf that the Jews be removed from the country immediately, if possible. For the time being 8,000 male jews are involved, who cannot be accommodated in local camps because these must be used for accommodating about 20,000 Serbs from insurrectionary areas. As a result of the situation created by the insurrection it is likewise impossible to accommodate them in new camps and outside of Belgrade. (Documents on German Foreign Policy, Series D, 1918-1945, Pg 582).