• I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.

    Hermann Goring: I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.
    Instructions to Reinhard Heydrich, 31 July 1941. Drafted by Adolf Eichmann.