This was a Nazi plan for the genocide of Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" was the official code name for this plan, which led to the murder of six million Jews in death camps.
Imagine a chess game where one player decides to eliminate all the pawns from the board, believing that they are hindering his victory. Hitler's Final Solution was a similarly ruthless strategy, but with horrifying real-world consequences.
Anti-Semitism: Prejudice against, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group.
Wannsee Conference: A meeting held by senior officials of Nazi Germany during which plans for the Final Solution were discussed and coordinated.
Ghettoization: The process by which Nazis isolated Jews into separate sections of cities known as ghettos before their deportation to concentration and extermination camps.
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