Yes, it's true. Hitler did not at first wish to exterminate Jews as an ethnic group. This wasn't even on the radar. Hitler originally developed a plan for Jews to sell all their property to the regime which then set up bank accounts for them and allowed them to emigrate to Palestine Mandate where they could then withdraw their monies and buy property there. However, the British exiled the Mufti of Jerusalem who fled to Germany where he had meetings with Hitler and created a pact. No more Jews to Palestine, help the Muslims retake the area and exterminate the Jews in Germany and when Hitler was victorious then help the Muslims exterminate the Jews in Palestine and in return the Mufti promised support from Muslims to win his war. In school we all learned that that USA and Britain won the war against Hitler and were never told how the Soviets basically drained off Hitler's troops by throwing millions of their own soldiers into the conflict. Without the Soviets I doubt we could have won. Maybe but not without much more loss.