it was all that at of hitler and heinrich himmler had wanted."ltimately about 14,000 jews were killed in the liquidation of the warsaw ghetto. the rest -- the rest were exterminated under conditions we already described. we are trying to sort of cover the actions in different theaters of the war, and sometimes they occur in parallel, but you have to keep in mind the liquidation of the warsaw ghetto is carried on at the same time the germans are incurring terrible losses in their fight against the soviets on the eastern front. and yet they believe it is worth their time to pursue the liquidation of the jews of europe. they believe it is worth their time. they believe it is worth their resources. resources are diverted even though they are deploying valuable workers. again, that is all powerful the rhetoric of total war is. but having been apprised of what was going on, having been armed with the rhetoric of retribution, the british are more than willing to explain they are coming to set these matters right. in the spring of 1943 -- we know in janu