Question

What was Hitler's "final solution"?

Answer 1

The total elimination of the Jews.

Explanation:

Hitler's anti-semitism and hatred of the Jews is clear in Mein Kampf. When coming to power in 1933 persecution of the Jews began immediately. Such persecution extended to all aspects of German society. Those that could get out did. However the mass liquidation of German Jews did not take place until World War 2.

With the invasion of Poland and then the Soviet Union, the number of Jews was such that conventional methods of killing for example shooting by Einzatzgruppen could not eliminate the entire Jewish population. Many of those taking part started to become affected emotionally so Himmler looked for a more humane solution: more humane that is for the killers not the victims

At a conference at Wannsee outside Berlin in January 1942, chaired by Heydrich and minuted by Eichmann The Final Solution was agreed upon. A co-ordinated plan for the transport of Jews from the Channel Islands to Greece was drawn up. Train timetables were co-ordinated to transport all of Europe's Jews to killing factories such as Auschwitz-Birkenau where they would be gassed immediately or worked to death as part of the German industrial war machine.