Jews in Poland WW2
... the Jews was to be implemented in two stages: an immediate operational stage, and a longrange stage defined as a "final aim" (Endziel). The latter was not elaborated, except for a warning to the Einsatzgruppen chiefs that the very existence of such a "final aim" must be kept strictly secret, and tha ...
... the Jews was to be implemented in two stages: an immediate operational stage, and a longrange stage defined as a "final aim" (Endziel). The latter was not elaborated, except for a warning to the Einsatzgruppen chiefs that the very existence of such a "final aim" must be kept strictly secret, and tha ...
Final Solution
The Final Solution (German: (die) Endlösung, German pronunciation: [ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ]) or Final Solution to the Jewish Question (German: die Endlösung der Judenfrage, German pronunciation: [diː ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯ ˈjuːdn̩ˌfʁaːɡə]) was Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically exterminate the Jewish population in Nazi-occupied Europe through genocide. This policy was formulated in procedural terms at the Wannsee Conference in January 1942, and culminated in the Holocaust which saw the killing of two thirds of the Jewish population of Europe.In his account, The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy: September 1939 – March 1942, Christopher Browning describes the Final Solution as ""a program aimed at murdering every last Jew in the German grasp"". Declaring that no aspect of the Holocaust has been studied and debated as intensively as the nature and timing of the decisions that led to the Final Solution, Browning writes: ""Most historians agree there is no 'big bang' theory for the origins of the Final Solution, predicated on a single decision made at a single moment in time. It is generally accepted the decision-making process was prolonged and incremental."" Raul Hilberg has stated that in the first phase of the Final Solution, in the occupied USSR, the killers moved to the victims; in the second phase, across Europe, the victims were brought to the killers.