Fay,

You had linked to an article, "How long did the holocaust last?"

There was a translation of copy of a letter, from the source of Yad Vashem, it is copied, here, below.

The Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories formalized the Final Solution, in a reply letter, on Dec 18, 1941.

He was replying to a letter sent to him a month previously (both letters are shown below, with his Dec '41 reply, at the bottom).

However, from his reply letter in December '41, to the surrender of Germany in May '45 was three and a half years.

When Jesus said:

Matthew 11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

An earlier fulfillment. So is it possible that the LORD may allow an earlier fulfillment of the time of Jacob's trouble?

So, instead of Jacob suffering like that again, what if the LORD allows the three and a half years of the holocaust to fulfill it?

I would really hope so

Reichskommissar for Ostland

IIa 4 M.219/41g

 

Secret

To

Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories

 

Re: Execution of Jews

in reply to letter I/259141 of October 31, 1941

Report from: Government Counselor Trampedach

 

I have forbidden the unauthorized ("wild") executions of Jews in Libau because the manner in which they were carried out was irresponsible.

Will you please inform me whether your inquiry of October 31 should be interpreted as a directive to liquidate all the Jews in Ostland? Is this to be done regardless of age, sex, and economic requirements (for instance, the Wehrmacht’s demand for skilled workers in the armament industry)? Of course the cleansing of Ostland of Jews is a most important task; its solution, however, must be in accord with the requirements of war production.

So far I have not been able to find such a directive either in the regulations concerning the Jewish question in the "Brown Portfolio" (Braune Mappe) or in any other decree.

 

L[ohse]

PS-3663.

Berlin, December 18, 1941

 

Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories

Nr. I/1/157/41

 

To

Reichskommissar for Ostland

Riga

 

Re: Jewish question

in reply to your letter of November 15, 1941

 

The Jewish question has presumably been clarified meanwhile by means of verbal discussion. In principle, economic considerations are not to be taken into account in the settlement of the problem. It is further requested that any questions that arise be settled directly with the Higher SS and Police Leader (Hoeherer SS- und Polizeifuehrer).

 

f/Braeutigam

PS-3666.

 

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Source:Yad Vashem