Crossposting from Map Thread XVIII
During the years of 1941-1960, the Nazis were in the process of exterminating the 140 million inhabitants in the area of the former Soviet Union west of the A-A line. This was due to the ideology of the Nazi Party and subsequently the German State which viewed all Slavs, and a large portion of the Baltic peoples as inferior. While it is commonly known that the process involved a series of famines, village burning, concentration camps and mass executions, Generalplan Ost was not a monolith that was set in stone. During the Nuremberg Conference on the Final Solution to the Eastern Problem, there were competing ideas on how to deal with the 140+ million Untermenschen. One idea suggested by Donitz, recommended a neo-feudal system where the most valuable land would be controlled by Germans and the rest controlled by the Slavs so that they could provide cheap labor for construction, and would be exterminated in the late 70's one the infrastructure for colonization was complete. One plan that stuck out was something that the Allies would claim to be a justification for the German defeat: Option 3 of Generalplan Ost
This plan, concocted by Reinhard Heyrdich was considered one of the more radical of the plans, even disgusting some of the Nazi command, yet oddly enough was favorited by Heinrich Himmler as he was the one who suggested it the most often due to it's 'efficient elimination of the undesirables'. This could've been possibly due to him being preferred as Heydrich was the orchestrator of the Final Solution. The plan, if enacted would be spanned over a 10 year period taking into account the logistics of recruitment for the Einsatzgruppen, the group that would've been responsible for the job (Just to keep track) During that time the plan would follow as goes: The Reichskommizariats, SS states and territories would be reorganized among Einsatzgebeits headed by a central 'capital' designed to coordinate the Einsatzgebeit and the task forces along with any Army personnel in the state, under the control for the Einsatzgruppen. The Einsatzgruppen would be made into it's own special part of the armed forces alongside the Waffen-SS. The main and only goal for this new branch of the army was simple: Exterminate all untermensch of the German State by 1960. The way that would be would involve a murder quota system where each idividual soldier and platoon was to provide a certain number of dead untermsnchen, while the whole mass of the army would work together in waves. There would be 3 waves in total. First the Western Wave would occur exterminating those closest to the Altreich using the concentration camp system already in place and providing a source of slave labor for the economy which was strained at the time
The Second wave would be at the A-A line and would focus more on combating the enemies of the Reich (a euphemism for the untermenschen prioritized for extermination and usage as slave labor). They would also, in junction with the Wehrmacht, eliminate any form of partisanship within the designated Einsatzgebeit. The would use the slave labor to construct fortifications designed to slow any enemy incoming. Estimates suggest that 80% of the population would have been exterminated by the year 1955, right on time with Heydrich who was known for his efficiency. The third wave is where the two waves would meet and would use their combined forces to ensure a fast and speedy extermination of the remaining civilian population within 2 years of meeting. The third wave is where the two waves would meet and would use their combined forces to ensure a fast and speedy extermination of the remaining civilian population within 2 years of meeting using a murder quota system designed by Heydrich in order to ensure colonials would not see the death which could sway opinion of National Socialism
The way they would be exterminated was considered too 'primitive' by some Nazi's but as Heydrich said, 'does it get the job done, if so then why complain'. Once the prisoners/civilians were rounded up, they would be transported to death pits via railway/death march, and be shot/stabbed with all their valuables stripped. To prevent escape, they were surrounded by soldiers to ensure that no one was to escape. After the death pit was filled it would be torched with gasoline and other combustibles designed to ensure maximum efficiency. New death pits were to be constructed every 10 months to ensure the quotas were met. During the Nuremberg Siege of 1960, the Atlantic Union soldiers uncovered this document in one of the archives of a inconspicuous building. When asked by a translator, he spoke that these were euphemisms for extermination, which 'repulsed them' according to a translator for the AU, However it would serve as a reminder for those of the Nazis and their duty 'to liberate Europe from this madness'. During the Nuremberg trials, this was used to display the insanity of the third Reich and was used specifically to sentence Heydrich and most of his associates to execution by firing squad. Today the 'Heydrich Plan' would serve as a reminder of the insanity of the Nazi state and the levels of brutality at which they were going for their Lebensraum, and particularly as an insight to 'The Butcher of the East'