Shoot first and ask questions afterwards? Wannsee and the unfolding of the Final Solution

Centres on the decision-making process during the crucial phase of transition to the systematic mass murder of the Jews. In particular Roseman places the protocol of the Wannsee Conference of January 1942 against the background of the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy as revealed by the latest archival research. The focus is on the agendas of the top leadership of the SS. The transition to mass murder took place via a series of steps over the course of 1941 and 1942