The genocide practised by the Nazis against the Jews in World War II. The final solution was decided at a secret meeting by the Nazi leaders and resulted in the setting up of such extermination camps as *Auschwitz and Treblinka. (See...

The Final Solution to the Jewish Question (German: Die Endlösung der Judenfrage) refers to the German Nazis' plan to engage in systematic genocide against the European Jewish population during World War II. The term was coined by Adolf Eichmann as...

HOW IBM HELPED AUTOMATE THE NAZI DEATH MACHINE IN POLAND When Adolf Hitter came to power in 1933, most of the world saw a menace to humanity. But IBM saw Nazi Germany as a Lucrative trading partner. Its president, Thomas J. Watson, engineered...

Putting an end to the hype Ah, spring. Flowers bloom, allergies strike and every high-tech organization under the sun unloads an annual show. Show what? Bland hotel food, sore feet from tramping around cavernous show floors and bags of useless toys...

Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil heartland released 13 captives Monday, including three Americans, officials said.The militants said earlier they were releasing the hostages on "humanitarian grounds," while indicating they would continue attacks despite conciliatory efforts from new President Umaru Yar'Adua.The freed hostages are the...

Egypt and Saudi Arabia backed an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, an Egyptian official said.It was still unclear, however, whether the two countries would attend the conference, scheduled...

The essay is about how Hitler used previous examples of Anti-Semitism to come up with his own "final solution."