Final Solution and the German Foreign Office: a study of Referat D III of Abteilung Deutschland, 1940-43

An introduction to the role of the Foreign Office in the development and implementation of Nazi Jewish policy. The Nazis worked through the "legal" channels of the Foreign Office to deport Jews from occupied countries and to deal with its Axis allies.Emphasizes the the career of Martin F.J. Luther an ambitious under-secretary who used antisemitism to further his career.