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Hermann
Goering instructed Reinhard Heydrich to compose and submit “all
the necessary preparations with regard to organizational, practical
and financial aspects for an overall solution ( Gesamtlosung) of
the “Jewish question” in the German sphere of influence in
Europe”. Heydrich himself seems to have initiated this commission.
To discharge this duty, Heydrich received cooperation from all Reich
ministries and convened the Wannsee Conference, where Heydrich
summoned the directors of the main government agencies that would
have to cooperate for the plan to succeed. Many researchers consider
Goering’s instruction the first important document that set the
wheels of the “Final Solution” in motion. |
