10. The Final Solution

Question 1

The final solution

Answer 1

The complete extermination of European Jews
Systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of European Jews

Question 2

At what conference was the plan for the final solution made?

Answer 2

The Wannsee Conference

Question 3

Important participants of the Wannsee Conference

Answer 3

Heydrich (SS chief and chief of the Reich Security Main Office)
Müller (gestapo chief)
Eichmann (chief of Jewish Affairs)
Hofmann (chief of SS Race and Settlement Main Office)

Question 4

How many Jews would fall under the final solution?

Answer 4

Heydrich indicated that approx. 11 million Jews would fall under provisions of the final solution
Included Jews from outside the Reich such as UK and Spain

Question 5

Result of the final solution

Answer 5

Mass killings were accelerated and given higher priority than military needs when the war turned against Germany in 1942-43

Question 6

Nazi propaganda during 1942-43

Answer 6

Even more hate-filled towards the Jews and Communists

Question 7

Propaganda and events of Spring 1943

Answer 7

After Germans surrendered at Stanlingrad, Goebbels delivered the ‘Total War’ speech in Berlin, followed by massive propaganda drive

Question 8

Propaganda and events of Autumn 1943

Answer 8

When Germany suffered mass bombing raids and the Red Army was beginning to push back German forces in the East, another surge of anti-Jewish propaganda occurred

Question 9

Propaganda and events of Summer 1944

Answer 9

At the time of the allied landings in France there was another surge of anti-Jewish propaganda

Question 10

What did the intensification of Nazi propaganda against Jews run parallel with?

Answer 10

Ran parallel with the periods of crisis in Germany’s war efforts

Question 11

Responsibility for the Holocaust: Hitler

Answer 11

Hitler dominated all aspects of power and propaganda in Germany
Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, meaning he was leading the war against the Jews

Question 12

Responsibility for the Holocaust: The Nazis

Answer 12

Industrialised murder required actions by many Nazi leaders
Nazis competed for Hitler’s approval under Fuhrerprinzip
SS leaders like Himmler, Heydrich and Eichmann were key architects of mass murder

Question 13

Responsibility for the Holocaust: The German people

Answer 13

Millions of ordinary German civilians involved in acts of persecution, deportations or mass killings
The Germans voted Hitler in fairly