Adolf Hitler’s First Written Statement on the "Jewish Question"

On September 16, 1919, Adolf Hitler writes a letter explaining his ideas on the so-called “Jewish Question.”

Hitler’s letter is addressed to a soldier named Adolf Gemlich. In the letter, he defines the Jews as a race and not a religious community. Hitler also repeats a number of antisemitic lies about Jews and demands that the “ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews altogether.” This is the first known case of Hitler putting his antisemitic ideas into writing. It is commonly called the Gemlich letter. It was written before Hitler became a member of the political movement that would ultimately become known as the Nazi Party.