"Another possible solution of the problem has now taken the place of emigration, i.e. the evacuation of the Jews to the East, provided that the Fuehrer gives the appropriate approval in advance. These actions are, however, only to be considered provisional, but practical experience is already being collected which is of the greatest importance in relation to the future final solution of the Jewish question. In the course of the final solution, the Jews are to be allocated for appropriate labour in the East. Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large part will be eliminated by natural reduction. The possible final remainder will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly, because it, representing a natural selection, is to be regarded as the germ cell of a new Jewish revival."

Minutes of the Wannsee Conference, recorded by Adolf Eichmann, Berlin, 20 January 1942. The conference was chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office.