Differences Between 1939 And The Autumn Of 1941

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The Nazi crusade against the Jewish race is referred to as the Holocaust. This is particularly due to the anti-Semitism that was widespread throughout Europe and the German leaders who sought a ‘final solution of the Jewish question’ by a programme of killing every Jew in Germany. Therefore, “between autumn of 1939 and the autumn of 1941”, as Christian R. Browning argues, “Nazi Jewish policy escalated rapidly from the pre-war policy of forced emigration to the final solution.” However, there here is no agreement amongst scholars regarding the Holocaust and the same body of evidence is used by historians to reach different interpretations. The two schools of thought, known as the functionalist and internationalist provide a conflicting debate