the final solution noun,
historical the German Nazi policy and process, from 1941, of exterminating European Jews.
ETYMOLOGY: 1940s: English version of the German Endlösung.
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/feat...Main Entry: final solution
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized F&S
Date: 1947
: the Nazi program for extermination of all Jews in Europe
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fin...End|lö|sung, die: a) (nationalsoz. verhüll.) (von den Nationalsozialisten geplante) vollständige Vernichtung der europäischen Juden; b) ...
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Endlösung, die:
a) (selten)
endgültige Lösung; b) (ns. verhüll.)
[Plan zur] Ausrottung der europäischen JudenDuden, Deutsches Universal Wörterbuch A-Z, 1989