Final Solution

noun

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

Final Solution

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 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of Final Solution¹

1945–50; translation of German endgültige Lösung

Example Sentences

With the indifference of the world, Hitler knew he could expand his reign of terror by eliminating Jews from Germany, to annihilate Jews across Europe through genocide, the Nazis called the final solution.

From New York Times

“This is not the final solution.”

From Los Angeles Times

From the high-altitude perspective of postwar geopolitics, President Edvard Beneš dubbed it Czechoslovakia’s “final solution of the German question.”

From Slate

"It makes business sense to deploy delivery drones at a scale, but it will require a single person be responsible for very large numbers of these drones. I'm not saying our work is a final solution that shows everything is OK, but it is the first step toward getting additional data that would facilitate that kind of a system."

From Science Daily

The gathering took place in an elegant country hotel near Potsdam, Germany, not far from the villa where, more than eight decades ago, Nazi officers planned the “final solution,” their terrible plan to kill European Jews.

From New York Times