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The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
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The Holocaust
Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
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Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941
Nazi Party meeting about the Holocaust
The Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 was an encounter between Adolf Hitler and the highest-ranking officials of the Nazi Party. Almost all important party leaders were present to hear Hitler declare the ongoing destruction of the Jewish race, which culminated in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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