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In 1941, during World War II, the Nazis embarked on their horrifying Final Solution to exterminate the Jews. Of the 10 million Jews in German-occupied Europe at the war's start, less than half survived by 1945. A crucial moment was the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, where plans for mass murder were formalized. Documents from this meeting provide chilling estimates of Jewish populations across Europe, including a notably inaccurate figure of 5,600 Jews in Denmark. This dark chapter in history illustrates the extent of the Nazi regime's genocidal intentions.
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The Nazi Occupation By: Dexter Crain
What's Meant By It • In 1941, in the midst of World War II, the Germans began their Final Solution for the Jews. At that time there were 10 million Jews in the countries of German-occupied Europe. By 1945, less than half of that number were left alive. The Nazi goal was to exterminate the Jews and rule Europe in an ethnically "pure" German Empire. • At the infamous Wannsee Conference near Berlin 20 January 1942, details of the mass murder plans were discussed. Documents from that conference are still in existence today. They list, country by country, the number of Jews in Europe. Against the entry for Denmark is the figure 5,600 - the inaccurate Nazi estimate of the number of Jews in Denmark. Info found under website www.auschwitz.dk/docu/occupation.htm
