“Further, the Reich Foreign Minister dealt with the Jewish
question. The Duce was aware that Germany had taken a radical
position with regard to the treatment of the Jews. As a result
of the development of the war in Russia she had come to an even
greater clarification of this question. All Jews had been
transported from Germany and from the territories occupied by
her to reservations in the East. He, the Reich Foreign Minister,
knew that this measure was described as cruel, particularly by
enemies, but it was necessary in order to be able to carry the
war through to a successful conclusion.”