Luther Memorandum

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The Luther Memorandum is a 1941 policy paper by Nazi official Martin Luther outlining proposals for the forced deportation and persecution of European Jews during the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi document
policy paper
archivalStatus surviving historical document
author Martin Luther
authorAffiliation Auswärtiges Amt
surface form: Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Office)
authorOccupation German diplomat
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
date 1941
describes coordination of anti-Jewish policy among German agencies
plans for deportation of European Jews
documentType internal government memorandum
ethicalCharacterization crime against humanity
instrument of genocide
genre government memorandum
historicalContext Holocaust
surface form: Holocaust in Europe
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War
ideologicalBasis Nazi racial policy
antisemitism
language German
locationOfDrafting Berlin
mainSubject Holocaust
Jewish policy of Nazi Germany
forced deportation of Jews
persecution of Jews
partOf bureaucratic planning of the Holocaust
politicalContext Nazi dictatorship
proposedAction concentration and segregation of Jews
confiscation of Jewish property
forced deportation of Jews to the East
publicationYear 1941
purpose to outline foreign office role in anti-Jewish policy
to systematize measures against Jews in occupied Europe
relatedEvent Final Solution
relatedOrganization Foreign Office of Nazi Germany
surface form: Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs
relatedPerson Adolf Hitler
HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

ReinhardHeydrich
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
targetGroup European Jews
German Jews
Jews in occupied territories
timePeriod Nazi era
usedAsEvidenceIn post-war Holocaust research

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Martin Luther (Nazi official) notableWork Luther Memorandum