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Also Known As	die Endlösung • Endlösung der Judenfrage

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

dictator of Germany

Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict

Adolf Eichmann

German military official

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi leader

Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich

German Nazi official