the writer was adolph hitler and the letter his first written call for killing europe's jews.that letter is on display at a museum in new york. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: it is a four page letter adolph hitler wrote when he was a young soldier in the german army. in it hitler labels jews as an inbred race, a tuberculosis on a nation. in one paragraph he calls on his government to have the courage to remove all jews from its midst. >> before he ever heard of the nazi party hitler had a plan for the jews, he had a deep seeded hatred and anti-semitism that burned within him. >> reporter: the original document known as the gimlic letter was revealed for the first time in new york's simon weizenthal center, it purchased the letter from a private dealer in california for $150,000. the letter was reportedly found by an american soldier in the final months of world war i. he said he found it i, scattered among the papers on the floor. the letter will be the centerpiece of the holocaust exhibit of the museum of tolerance in los angeles. >> it's very important for future gene