If the authority of the National-Socialist Reich is to be upheld, then it is unacceptable that representatives of the Reich should be obliged to meet Jews when they enter or leave the house, and are in this way liable to infection with epidemics. I therefore intend to clear the city of Cracow, the seat of the Governor-General of the General Government, of Jews, as far as at all possible, by November 1, 1940. There will be a major operation to move the Jews, on the grounds that it is absolutely intolerable that thousands upon thousands of Jews should go slinking around and occupy apartments in the city which the Fuhrer has granted the great honor of becoming the seat of a high Reich Authority...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Frank justifies expelling Jews from Cracow by claiming contact with them risks epidemics and undermines Nazi authority.
- In plain terms
- He plans to remove Jews from the city to prevent disease and protect Reich representatives.
- What can you take from it?
- Use health fears to justify segregation and expulsion.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How are public fears used to justify discrimination?
- What precedents allow health claims to drive expulsion?
Another view
The claim of epidemic risk is a pretext for ethnic persecution without evidence.
More from Hans Frank
We must not be squeamish when we learn that a total of 17,000 have been shot. We are now duty bound to hold together we, who are gathered together here figure …
Permalink to quote #4 Let me tell you quite frankly: in one way or another we will have to finish with the Jews. The fuhrer once expressed it as follows: should Jewry once again suc…
Permalink to quote #6 This war would be only a partial success if the whole lot of Jewry survived it, while we shed our best blood to save Europe. My attitude toward the Jews will t…
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up every bird watche…
John MitchellJohn Mitchell quote #1 Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my…
Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi quote #1 The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices. The victory will be only entirely and finally achieved when th…
Julius StreicherJulius Streicher quote #2