Two Decisions Concerning the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”: Deportations to Lodz and Mass Murder in Chelmno
Although he intended to solve the “Jewish Question” once the war was over, on September 17, 1941, Hitler authorized requests made by various officials to deport German, Austrian, Czech, and Luxemburg Jews. Deportations to Lodz were set in motion as a result of this action. This change in policy occu...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1995
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1995, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 318-345 |
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| Summary: | Although he intended to solve the “Jewish Question” once the war was over, on September 17, 1941, Hitler authorized requests made by various officials to deport German, Austrian, Czech, and Luxemburg Jews. Deportations to Lodz were set in motion as a result of this action. This change in policy occurred in a mood of military euphoria combined with the expectation that minor battles would continue into the spring of 1942. This article discusses how a series of initiatives vis-à-vis the “Final Solution,” proposed mainly from peripheral authorities, reached Hitler in mid-September 1941 and had a cumulative effect on his decision-making process. The influence of social and foreign policies as well as regional problems are also explored. The second section describes another operational decision in mid-April 1942 in which Himmler personally ordered the murder of ten thousand resettled Jews in the Lodz ghetto. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/9.3.318 |