In November 1938 , Goerdeler met with Young in Switzerland and asked if were possible for the British government to intercede on the behalf of 10,000 Polish Jews the Germans had expelled from Germany , and whom the Poles refused to accept . Goerdeler declared that the treatment of the Polish Jews , stranded on the German-Polish border , was " barbaric " . In December 1938-January 1939 , Goerdeler had a further series of meetings with Young in Switzerland , where he informed Young that the '' Kristallnacht '' pogrom of November 1938 had been ordered by Hitler personally , and was not a " spontaneous " demonstration as the Nazis had claimed . Goerdeler recommended that Young inform London that as soon as " the new persecution of the Jews is started , it is absolutely essential to break diplomatic relations " . Goerdeler also informed Young of his belief that Hitler was seeking world conquest , and that the '' Führer '' had " decided to destroy the Jews-Christianity-Capitalism " . Speaking to Young about the economic situation in Germany , Goerdeler stated : Economic and financial situation gravely critical . Inner situation desperate . Economic conditions getting worse . In another meeting with Young , Goerdeler claimed " the working classes are nervous , distrustful of the leader . Their allegiance is doubtful " . Goerdeler maintained to Young that : the feeling among the people against war is welling up at an alarming rate . His Goerdeler 's recent talks with leading industrialists had satisfied X that the workers ' feeling have been bitterly roused to the point where , if they were in possession of arms , they would physically revolt against the present regime . Goerdeler 's reports to Young were later published by the latter in 1974 as '' The " X " Documents ''
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler