Excerpts from Goebbels's diary: February 14, 1942: The Führer once again expressed his determination to clean up the Jews in Europe pitilessly. There must be n

Excerpts from Goebbels's diary: February 14, 1942: The Führer once again expressed his determination to clean up the Jews in Europe pitilessly. There must be no squeamish sentimentalism about it. The Jews have deserved the catastrophe that has now overtaken them. Their destruction will go hand in hand with the destruction of our enemies. We must hasten this process with cold ruthlessness. March 27, 1942: The procedure is a pretty barbaric one and not to be described here more definitely. Not much will remain of the Jews. On the whole it can be said that about 60 per cent of them will have to be liquidated whereas only 40 per cent can be used for forced labor. (quoted in http://www.nizkor.org/qar-complete.cgi http://www.nizkor.org/qar-complete.cgi)