00:00Von Reichenau, while in command of the Sixth Army, had issued the Notorious Severity Order,
00:04also called the Reichenau Order, which supported Nazi genocidal policies and advocated for
00:09punishment against the so-called subhuman species of Jews and the extermination of
00:13Jewish Bolshevism in Europe. The Order said,
00:16The most important objective of this campaign against the Jewish Bolshevik system is the
00:21complete destruction of its sources of power and the extermination of the Asiatic influence
00:25in European civilization. In this Eastern Theater, the soldier is not only a man fighting in
00:31accordance with the rules of the art of war, but also the ruthless standard-bearer of a
00:35national conception and the avenger of bestialities which have been inflicted upon German and racially
00:40related nations.
