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    The Posen speeches were two speeches made by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS of Nazi Germany, on 4 and 6 October 1943 in the town hall of Posen (Poznań)...
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    original works by or about: Heinrich Himmler List of Himmler speeches This list of Himmler speeches includes online sources and material in the US National...
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    peoples of the East. Moreover, in one of the secret Posen speeches to the SS-Gruppenführer at Posen, Himmler said: "the mixed race of the Slavs is based...
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    Agnes Peterson (1974), Heinrich Himmler. Speeches Frankfurt/M., pp. 169 f. OCLC 1241890; "Himmler's Speech in Posen on 6 October 1944". Holocaust Controversies...
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    the Piast dynasty. Poznań is known as Posen in German, and was officially called Haupt- und Residenzstadt Posen (Capital and Residence City of Poznań)...
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    The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen; Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920, occupying most of...
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    In October 1943 the Town Hall was the scene of Heinrich Himmler's Posen speeches. Following major damage in the Battle of Poznań (1945), the Town Hall...
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    French nationals during the French Occupation of the Ruhr. After hearing a speech by Adolf Hitler in Munich, Höss joined the Nazi Party in 1922 (member number...
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    Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS Deutsche Volksliste Operation Reinhard Hegewald Posen speeches Himmler-Kersten Agreement Family Margarete Himmler (wife) Gudrun Burwitz...
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    records, crematoria, and other signs of mass extermination. In the Posen speeches of October 1943, Himmler explicitly referred to the extermination of...
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    last of the great fires occurred on 15 February 1945, during the Battle of Posen and its capture by the Red Army, assisted by Polish volunteers. The damage...
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    itself". Speer did not deny being present at the Posen speeches to Nazi leaders at a conference in Posen (Poznań) on 6 October 1943, but claimed to have...
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  • The Battle of Poznań (Battle of Posen) during World War II in 1945 was an assault by the Soviet Union's Red Army that had as its objective the elimination...
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  • government New world order (an international relations theory) Posen speeches – In two notable speeches delivered in October 1943, Himmler details the tasks of...
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    mass killing". Therefore, he never made any statement like Himmler's Posen speeches, even in private with other Nazi leaders. Hitler also wanted to avoid...
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  • into some detail about how he envisaged the mountains during the 1943 Posen speeches. He stated that the "Germanic race" would have to gradually expand to...
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  • victims were told that they would be "resettled". Douglas also cites the Posen speeches as an example of denial while genocide was ongoing, with Himmler referring...
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    East dwell only men with truly German, Germanic blood". Himmler in his Posen speeches in 1943 said: One basic principle must be the absolute rule for the...
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    century to 1793) Greater Poland uprising (1806) Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919) Posen speeches Battle of Poznań (1945) 1956 Poznań protests Category...
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    Fort Winiary was part of Festung Posen ("Fortress Poznań"), a system of defensive fortifications around the Polish city of Poznań. Fort Winiary was first...
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    century to 1793) Greater Poland uprising (1806) Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919) Posen speeches Battle of Poznań (1945) 1956 Poznań protests Category...
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    evidence that he had been present at the first of Himmler's infamous 1943 Posen speeches in which the Reichsfuhrer-SS had explicitly spoken of the extermination...
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    Genocide justification (category Hate speech)
    of these people". Another example of Nazi justification is the 1943 Posen speeches, in which SS chief Heinrich Himmler argued that the systematic mass...
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    (Polish: Zamek Cesarski w Poznaniu, German: Königliches Residenzschloss Posen), is a palace in Poznań, Poland. It was built under German rule in 1910...
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    Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw SWPS University Press "Rector's speech - Inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 = 2024-10-07". SWPS University...
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    were built between 1828 and 1842. This was part of the overall Festung Posen system of fortifications built around the city from the 1830s onwards. The...
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    city hall at Posen (the German name for Poznań). He was thereby able to hear for himself the first of the subsequently infamous Posen speeches delivered...
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    insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region (German: Grand Duchy of Posen or Provinz Posen) against German rule. The uprising had a significant effect on the...
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    known in German as Festung Posen (Polish: Twierdza Poznań) was a set of fortifications in the city of Poznań (German: Posen) in western Poland, built under...
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  • entry for October 4 the first of the Posen speeches is recorded simply as "17:30: speech to SS officers". This speech, where Himmler describes the mission...
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