HIST 295 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Reich Main Security Office, Reinhard Heydrich, Operation Reinhard
13 Dec 2017
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Aktion reinhard and the final solution in poland 1942-1943. 1941 germans decided on final solution of jewish question (extermination) Used carbon monoxide gas at specially built extermination camps. Preparations began in fall of 1941 and operations began in the following spring. By the end of 1942, most jews within general government (approx 2. 2 mil) were dead, approx 300k were spared for work and most of them were dead by 1943. Jewish youth turned to armed resistance to leave a memory of. Disagreement about when final solution was decided: part of the decision to murder jews of the ussr in march 1941 or kill. Europe"s jews in october 1941 after kiev was captured and road to victory seemed assured or gassing was implemented by local initiatives only and there was no decision to kill all of the jews until december 1941. No written order from hitler, orders were passed by word of mouth to ensure secrecy, used euphemisms such as resettlement.
