Series: The "Final Solution"

Browse a series of 8 articles on the Nazi plan to deliberately murder European Jews. These articles explain how the Nazis implemented the “Final Solution” by establishing ghettos and killing centers in occupied Poland; deploying Einsatzgruppen (special action squads) to commit mass shootings; and the organization of mass deportations of Jews to ghettos and killing centers. 

The "Final Solution"

Ghettos in Occupied Poland

Life in the Ghettos

Mobile Killing Squads

The Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution"

At the Killing Centers

Deportations

Auschwitz Camp Complex

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