The Morgenthau Plan was dreamed up by Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. (the son of Jewish immigrants) and FDR’s inner circle. It called for turning post-war Germany into a de-industrialized pasture—no steel mills, no machinery, no coal exports—so 60-70 million Germans would starve or emigrate. Eisenhower signed orders classifying surrendered Germ…
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