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final solution
(final so¦lu|tion)
noun
the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
Origin:
translation of German
Endlösung
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