
It was only then that the prospect of invading Britain was raised with Hitler, and the German high command did not issue any orders for preparations until 2 July. Rapid German victories led quickly to the Fall of France, and British forces had to be withdrawn during the Dunkirk evacuation, with the Nazi spearhead reaching the coast on. The list was similar to earlier lists prepared by the SS, such as the Special Prosecution Book-Poland ( German: Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen) prepared before the Second World War by members of the German fifth column in cooperation with German Intelligence, and used to target the 61,000 Polish people on this list during Operation Tannenberg and Intelligenzaktion in occupied Poland between 19. SS functionary Walter Schellenberg said he had compiled the Black Book Reporting included the reactions of some of the people listed. In September 1945, at the end of the war, the list was discovered in Berlin.

On 17 September 1940, SS-Brigadeführer Dr Franz Six was designated to a position in London where he would implement the post-invasion arrests and actions against institutions, but on the same day, Hitler postponed the invasion indefinitely. This handbook noted opportunities for looting, and named potentially dangerous anti-Nazi institutions including Masonic lodges, the Church of England and the Boy Scouts. handbook, which Schellenberg also claimed to have written. The list was printed as a supplement or appendix to the secret Informationsheft G.B. Abbreviations after each name indicated whether the individual was to be detained by RSHA Amt IV (the Gestapo) or Amt VI ( Ausland-SD, Foreign Intelligence). It contained 2,820 names of people, including British nationals and European exiles, who were to be immediately arrested by SS Einsatzgruppen upon the invasion, occupation, and annexation of Great Britain to Nazi Germany. Later, SS-Oberführer Walter Schellenberg claimed in his memoirs that he had compiled the list, starting at the end of June 1940. The information was prepared by the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) under Reinhard Heydrich. After the war, the list became known as The Black Book.

("Special Search List Great Britain") was a secret list of prominent British residents to be arrested, produced in 1940 by the SS as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of Britain. Read New York magazine's breakdown of the big names in Jeffrey Epstein's black book and flight logs here.The Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. Rose's spokesman told New York that Rose only learned about Epstein's abuse years after the recommendations of assistants, when Epstein pleaded guilty in the Florida case.

Trump has said "I was not a fan" of Epstein.Ĭlinton's spokesman has said he has not spoken with Epstein in "well over a decade," and that "President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York." Trump and Clinton have distanced themselves from Epstein since his latest arrest. The 66-year-old, who pleaded guilty to prostitution-related charges in 2008 in Florida, has pleaded not guilty in the current case, for which he remains held without bond in a federal jail in Manhattan. "Along with the logs of Epstein's private plane, released in 2015, the book paints a picture of a man deeply enmeshed in the highest social circles," New York says in its article.Įpstein, a registered sex offender, was arrested in early July on federal charges that he trafficked dozens of underage girls, who traveled to his huge New York City townhouse and Palm Beach, Florida, mansion, where he alleged sexually abused them during purported "massage" sessions from 2002 through 2005. Trump's first wife, Ivana, is in the book, as is his third wife, Melania, and his daughter, Ivanka, currently senior advisor to the president.Įpstein's address book originally was published in 2015 by the defunct news site Gawker, after its content was revealed in a court case. The article contains summaries of Epstein's relationships with various well-heeled people whose names appear in those documents including President Donald Trump, who once called Epstein a "terrific guy" in an interview with New York, and Bill Clinton, who traveled multiple times on Epstein's plane.
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Then there's supermarket mogul Ron Burkle, Clinton's daughter Chelsea Clinton, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and John Kerry, late Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, media titan Rupert Murdoch, and movie director Woody Allen, New York magazine notes in a new article detailing the contents of Epstein's private phone book and private plane's flight logs.
