I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard… — Hermann Goring · Skopia

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I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.

In the original German

Ich beauftrage Sie weiter, mir in Bälde einen Gesamtentwurf über die organisatorischen, sachlichen und materiellen Vorausmaßnahmen zur Durchführung der angestrebten Endlösung der Judenfrage vorzulegen.

1941

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The Holocaust World War II

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Goering, Hermann. Directive to Reinhard Heydrich. 31 July 1941.

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