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What was the purpose of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
What was the purpose of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?
The purpose of the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question' was to murder every single Jew and destroy anything Jewish that the Nazis could find.
What were the two schools of thought among historians regarding the decision to embark on the Final Solution?
What were the two schools of thought among historians regarding the decision to embark on the Final Solution?
The two schools of thought were the Intentionalists and the Functionalists.
What did the Intentionalists argue?
What did the Intentionalists argue?
The Intentionalists argued that it was always the intention of Hitler and the Nazi regime to murder the Jews, and it was built into the Nazi ideology.
What did the Functionalists argue?
What did the Functionalists argue?
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What was one of the issues that prevented the resolution of the debate between Intentionalists and Functionalists?
What was one of the issues that prevented the resolution of the debate between Intentionalists and Functionalists?
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The ______ operation to murder every single Jew
The ______ operation to murder every single Jew
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The Intentionalists argue that it was always the ______ of Hitler and the Nazi regime to murder the Jews
The Intentionalists argue that it was always the ______ of Hitler and the Nazi regime to murder the Jews
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The functionalists argue [that] ______ reached the conclusion that ______ needed to kill the Jews only at some point deep into World War II.
The functionalists argue [that] ______ reached the conclusion that ______ needed to kill the Jews only at some point deep into World War II.
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There is no known Hitler ______ - neither written, nor a verbal command
There is no known Hitler ______ - neither written, nor a verbal command
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Historians to this day are not sure of an exact ______ when Hitler and the Nazi regime decided to embark on the Final Solution.
Historians to this day are not sure of an exact ______ when Hitler and the Nazi regime decided to embark on the Final Solution.
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