Fuhrers orders to spare life of a Jew
July 06, 2012 16:35
A letter sent on the orders of Adolf Hitler telling the Gestapo to spare the life of a Jew has been found. Ernst Hess was saved because he had been the Fuhrer's commanding officer in World War I. The letter -- written by SS overlord Heinrich Himmler and dated August 27, 1940 -- was found in a file kept by the Dusseldorf Gestapo.