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'''NAZIS ADMIT MURDERING 6 MILLION JEWS IN EUROPE.

'''NAZIS ADMIT MURDERING 6 MILLION JEWS IN EUROPE.

NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY HIMMLER.'''

'''NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY HIMMLER'''.'''

By ERIC BOURNE.

By ERIC BOURNE.

NUREMBERG, Saturday.

NUREMBERG, Saturday.

The Nazis slaughtered 6,000,000 Jews in Europe, including 4,000,000 in extermination institutions like Auschwitz, Maj. Wilhelm Hoettl, former Adjutant to the late SS Chief Heinrich Himmler, told the War Crimes Tribunal yesterday.

The [[Nazis]] slaughtered 6,000,000 [[Jews]] in [[Europe]], including 4,000,000 in extermination institutions like [[Auschwitz]], Maj. [[Wilhelm Hoettl]], former Adjutant to the late [[SS]] Chief [[Heinrich Himmler]], told the War Crimes Tribunal yesterday.

The Austrian, who is appearing for the prosecution, said that in August 1944 Eichmann told him that the Nazis had already murdered 4,000,000 Jews in the various death camps and another 2,000,000 by other means.

The Austrian, who is appearing for the prosecution, said that in August 1944 Eichmann told him that the Nazis had already murdered 4,000,000 Jews in the various death camps and another 2,000,000 by other means.

'''Poland as Test Ground'''.

'''Poland as Test Ground'''.

Poland was used as a test ground, he continued, for methods of extermination and mass deportation, and that’s where the Nazis first tested gas chambers and crematoria. He said these were later used throughout occupied Europe.

[[Poland]] was used as a test ground, he continued, for methods of extermination and mass deportation, and that’s where the Nazis first tested gas chambers and crematoria. He said these were later used throughout occupied Europe.

Asked whether he had ever attempted to intervene, Hoettl said that in one case he raised objections to the execution of Jews, but was threatened with punishment if he persisted.

Asked whether he had ever attempted to intervene, Hoettl said that in one case he raised objections to the execution of Jews, but was threatened with punishment if he persisted.

He also said that the plan was developed jointly by Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich, and that Hitler had full knowledge of the programme. The “Final Solution” was seen as a way to secure German dominance.

He also said that the plan was developed jointly by Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich, and that [[Hitler]] had full knowledge of the programme. The “[[Final Solution]]” was seen as a way to secure German dominance.

'''Jewish Children Killed'''.

'''Jewish Children Killed'''.

Hoettl stated that children were not spared. “Even the very young,” he said, “were thrown into the flames or shot beside the mass graves.”

Hoettl stated that children were not spared. “Even the very young,” he said, “were thrown into the flames or shot beside the mass graves.”

At the conclusion of his testimony, Hoettl described in detail the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and other Jewish communities throughout Hungary, Slovakia, and Greece.

At the conclusion of his testimony, Hoettl described in detail the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and other Jewish communities throughout [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Greece]].

He was asked about the burning of synagogues and cultural institutions, and replied that the SS made a deliberate effort to erase all traces of Jewish existence in occupied Europe.

He was asked about the burning of synagogues and cultural institutions, and replied that the SS made a deliberate effort to erase all traces of Jewish existence in occupied Europe.

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