McConnell, Evacuations, and Gestapo Radicalization

In this episode, Chris and Ryan review Michael McConnell's "The Situation is Once Again Quiet." We talk about the evacuation operation of fall 1944, decentralization of the Gestapo, and influence of the partisan wars in Eastern Europe on domestic policing. A much clearer picture of when violence started to affected different groups emerges. Correction: The controversy over controlling the movement of evacuees by withholding rations began in October 1943. Hitler intervened in January 1944 and forbade the use of "coercive measures." Himmler repeated this message in July 1944 and Bormann as late as October 1944.