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Nazis and the "Final Solution"

The Wannsee Protocol, a document that outlined the Nazi's plan for the "Final Solution" to the Jewish question, was drafted on January 20, 1942, in a meeting held in a suburb of Berlin.
Under proper guidance, in the course of the final solution the Jews are to be allocated for appropriate labor in the East.
Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes.

The possible final remnant will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly, because it is the product of natural selection and would, if released, act as a the seed of a new Jewish revival (see the experience of history.)

In the course of the practical execution of the final solution, Europe will be combed through from west to east. Germany proper, including the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, will have to be handled first due to the housing problem and additional social and political necessities.
The Wannsee Protocol, 20 January, 1942

Question 1

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Describe an attitude toward Jewish people expressed in the excerpt.

Question 2

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Describe a broader context in which the excerpt was written.

Question 3

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Explain one way the content of the excerpt influenced the treatment of Jewish prisoners at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

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