Adolf Eichmann signed a memo suggesting a policy of decimation where hostages were murdered for every German soldier killed in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The hostage-decimation orders in Serbia (100 hostages per German soldier killed) are documented, but the primary documents show they were signed by Boehme and by Bader, not Eichmann. The only Eichmann link in the sources is a disputed margin note about shooting Serbian Jews, which Eichmann said was forged, so the claim that Eichmann signed a hostage-decimation memo is contradicted.
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… Abiding what was the NDH? Eichman as an SD man It was within his purview. To be responsible that leaves another. You know, at least in the capacity of, um, at least in an advisory capacity, how to, how to handle anti-partisan efforts. So there's a memo that Eichmann signed off on. Incident to the minutes of a meeting where he suggested continuing a policy of decimation, where for every German soldier killed. Hostages would be murdered. You know, the hostages in the instant case were being, um, ethnic Serbs and Jews who were presumed to be sympathetic to the Chetniks and the Communists. And that was what they came up with saying, see. …
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Contradicts. The Boehme order of 10 October 1941 on hostage executions, reproduced in the Nuremberg records, is signed by Boehme as Commanding General in Serbia and sets 100 hostages per killed German soldier, with no Eichmann signature.[1]
Contradicts. The Nuremberg Hostage Case transcript quotes the supplementary order establishing 100 prisoners or hostages per German soldier killed, and states the order is signed by Bader, Lt. General of Artillery, not Eichmann.[2]
Context. Session 83 of Eichmann's trial records a margin note attributed to Eichmann suggesting Serbian Jews be shot; Eichmann said it was forged, and the prosecution said that even if genuine it implied no hostage policy. This concerns Jews, not the hostage-decimation order.[3]
Context. The claimant's own podcast passage asserts Eichmann signed the memo, but this is the claimant's assertion and cannot corroborate the claim.[4]
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4 sources: 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Mass Murderfcit.usf.edu · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 2Transcript for NMT 7: Hostage Case - Nuremberg Trials Projectnuremberg.law.harvard.edu · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Session 83 -- Servatius examines Eichmann re - USHMM Collectionscollections.ushmm.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4The Pete Quiñones Show - The Trial of Adolf Eichmann - w/ Thomas777 - Complete Transcript and Discussionpodscripts.co · not rated · cited for: context
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