Final Solution

American  

noun

1. the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third Reich.

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Final Solution Cultural  

1. A term applied by Nazis to the genocide of European Jews (see also Jews) during World War II. Before instituting the Final Solution, the Nazi government had abolished the Jews' rights, destroyed and confiscated their property, and confined Jews in concentration camps.

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Etymology

Origin of Final Solution

1945–50; translation of German endgültige Lösung

Example Sentences

"The final solution is union. It is going to happen anyway. The historical train - Europe - determines that. Unionists will have to change. This island will be as one."

From BBC

They allege that the spy said: "The final solution is union… this island will be as one."

From BBC

The Red Army reported finding the sickening evidence of the Nazis’ “Final Solution”: 370,000 men’s suits, 837,000 women’s garments, 7.7 tons of human hair, all collected in massive piles.

From Seattle Times

“The very subject matter of the Final Solution,” she wrote, “precludes neutrality.”

From Los Angeles Times

Hitler had the right idea, he explains, but the Final Solution went too far.

From Washington Post