Hitler, the “Final Solution,” and the Luther Memorandum
In the recent British High Court libel action of historian David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt, one of the most interesting aspects of the trial was the debate about the famous “Schlegelberger Document.” This March 1942, memorandum of State Secretary Franz Schlegelberger noted that Hitler's Chief of Chancellery, Dr. Hans Lammers, had informed him: “…The Fuehrer…
