Hitler and the final solution / Gerald Fleming ; with an introduction by Saul Friedländer.

Translation of: Hitler und die Endlösung.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 195-199.

The growth of an obsession -- The art of dissembling -- Hitler's influence on the conduct of war -- Four key commissions -- Himmler on responsibility -- Hitler's cunning -- The execution of the Final Solution in the Occupied East -- The mass shootings outside Riga, 30 November and 8 December 1941 -- The Wannsee Conference -- The interrogation of Friedrich Jeckeln -- Hitler's visitor on 28 November 1941 -- "On orders from the highest level" -- The camp of the German Jews in Minsk -- Reichskommissar of the Ukraine, Erich Koch -- It is the führer's wish -- The führer has taken note : destroy -- An official report from Auschwitz-Birkenau -- "Toward a swift solution" -- "Kaltenbrunner Contra Himmler" -- "Duty at Auschwitz is frontline duty" -- "They shall go under with us!" -- The beginning of the end -- The end of an obsession.