1/ Strange find: NO-4033, NMT trial 8. SS Obersturmführer Neumann-Reppert traveled to Holland 14-19 Sept '44 to retrieve card index with names of half-Jewish citizens of Netherlands, in middle of #OperationMarketGarden, with troops dropping from the skies, fighting all around. 
2/ Approx 107,000 Jews were deported from the Netherlands, the vast majority long before 9/44 (only 3700 in all of '44). The fact that the SS were still concerned with this card index, in the middle of Market Garden, says a lot about Nazi fanaticism. (Image: Westerbork camp)
3/ They had to bring cigarettes to buy petrol for this operation. "Situation became so critical, through the landing of parachutists, I decided to remove the Jewish files by car in order not to endanger them. . removal by train no longer possible. . all tracks were blown up."
4/ Author continues with advice on how to secure the "colonial files" (list of people with part Indonesian heritage): he'll need "2-3 bottles Schnaps, larger amt of cigarettes, 30 ltrs gasoline" - all planned in the middle of an active military zone.
5/ The document book this item came from is full of similar items. The SS wanted to make sure that no one with Jewish or "colonial" blood would escape eventual deportation and death. Fortunately, this aim was not completely achieved. ///
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