HST 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Joseph Goebbels, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Nazi Party Chancellery
Document Summary
Nazi and soviet occupation in poland in 1941. Soviets starved and shot mass amounts of people. Bloodlands extended from poland to western russia. Hitler was extremely anti-semitic and came to power in a country where the population of jews was less than 1% Nazi germany invaded poland in 1939 and the soviet union invaded in 1941. Most jews sent here were just gassed instead of sent to work in the. Many met their deaths due to regime run starvation camp. Joined the party very late in the game. He belonged to the ranks of low society after the war until he married a champagne manufacturers daughter. He was extremely loyal to hitler until his death. He says the foreign policy was not his but hitler"s and that is the only policy he was pursuing. After the spring of 1943 he received no further support from hitler; he tried to regain influence by taking part in the extermination of the jews.
