Hitler's Commissar Order
6th June 1941: Hitlers 'war of annihilation' is given force by orders issued by the highest officers in the Wehrmacht, explicitly endorsing war crimes
On 6th June 1941, Hitler issued his infamous Commissar Order, making it clear to his military commanders that the forthcoming invasion of Soviet Russia was to be different from other wars. Hitler saw the battle against “Jewish Bolshevism” a…
