Posen Speech — Oct. 4, 1943 — Full Version

Heinrich Himmler’s “Speech to the SS Officers“ in Posen, Poland, Oct 4, 1943. This speech is of significant interest as it describes the Nazi Holocaust without euphemism, as well as their cold attitude toward the Slavs. There was also an important speech delivered on Oct 6, but the recording has been lost. German transcript found at: English translation found at: Also see: 00:41:30 “Psychology of the Slavs,“ etc. — an “uninhibited beast“ whose survival “is only of interest to me insofar as we need them as slaves for our culture“ 02:00:17 “Die Judenevakuierung,“ Jewish Evacuation (euphemism) — describes the Holocaust as a difficult subject (compared to Night of Long Knives) to be kept unspoken for fear of public backlash (similar to that toward Aktion T4); define
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