In 1949, Reich Minister of Space Hermann Goring proposed that Pluto be used as a deposit for "Undesirables." Several of the Reich leaders, including Adolf Hitler, agreed to the plan, stating it was far easier to simply deport them there. Hitler arranged for a small base to be planted on Pluto, with an observatory placed on the major moon of the planet, Reichsauge. Upon the first arrival of Jews in 1950, the survivors of the brutal journey quickly began setting up a government. The first president of this "Republic of Pluto" was Mordechai Anielewicz, who served until his death in 1960.