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View of the Wannsee villa. On January 20, 1942, the villa was the site of the Wannsee Conference, at which the decision to proceed with the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" was announced.
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The term “Final Solution of the Jewish Question” was a euphemism used by Nazi Germany’s leaders. It referred to the mass murder of Europe’s Jews in the final phase of the Holocaust, between 1941-1945. Explore more content related to the Nazis’ “Final Solution.”

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Adolf Eichmann, SS official in charge of deporting European Jewry. [LCID: 71529]
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Adolf Eichmann
Aktion Reinhard in the Generalgouvernement, 1942 [LCID: gen73024]
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Aktion Reinhard in the Generalgouvernement, 1942
Defendant Alfred Rosenberg, the former Chief Nazi Party ideologist, reads a document during the International Military Tribunal trial ... [LCID: 10390]
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Alfred Rosenberg: Biography
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Alfred Rosenberg: Biography - Photographs
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Allied Nations Issue Statement on Mass Murder
Inside of a large warehouse. The floor is littered with large piles of clothing of every shape, size, and color. A few uniformed soldiers can be seen in the background, walking amongst the clothing.
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What were Nazi Killing Centers?
A line of people walk into a boxcar, holding bags, suitcases, and other personal belongings. A uniformed soldier stands to the left of the boxcar door supervising with his back facing the camera. The boxcar has German text on the side.
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Belzec: Key Dates
Berlin environs, 1942 [LCID: ber49030]
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Berlin environs, 1942
Family members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the ghetto's central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were ... [LCID: 89772]
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Chełmno (Kulmhof) Killing Center
American soldiers view the bodies of prisoners laid out in rows in an open field at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald in Germany. [LCID: 38099]
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Concentration Camp System: In Depth
An assembly point (the Umschlagplatz) in the Warsaw ghetto for Jews awaiting deportation. Warsaw, Poland, between 1940 and 1943.
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Deportations
Jews carrying their possessions during deportation to the Chelmno killing center. [LCID: 10047]
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Deportations to Killing Centers
Display regarding the "Jewish Question"
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Display regarding the "Jewish Question"
Typed deportation list with handwritten numbers in front of each name.
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Documenting the Holocaust: Examples of Documents
Einsatzgruppen [LCID: mkunits]
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Einsatzgruppen
The presentation of evidence about defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at ... [LCID: 61335]
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner

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