Wannsee Conference in the development of the 'Final Solution'.

Discusses the genesis of the 'final solution' and historical research, the elements of the policy of annihilation,stages in the Nazi persecution of the Jews prior to summer 1941, the transition to the policy of genocide in summer 1941, escalation in Autumn 1941 and the beginning of the deportation of the German Jews, preparation for and postponement of the Wannsee Conference, the escalation of the annihilation policy immediately after the conference, outlines of a pan-European deportation program and expansion of the deportations and the shift to indiscriminate murder.