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Heydrich and his chief assistant, [[Adolf Eichmann]], had worked out plans together between July 1941 and January 1942, between the time Hitler violated the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] by invading the [[Soviet Union]], and Hitler's declaration of war against the [[United States]] following the [[Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] which brought about a general state of world war. Documentation of what was discussed at the secret conference survived the war in the form of minutes transcribed by Eichmann.   

Heydrich and his chief assistant, [[Adolf Eichmann]], had worked out plans together between July 1941 and January 1942, between the time Hitler violated the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] by invading the [[Soviet Union]], and Hitler's declaration of war against the [[United States]] following the [[Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] which brought about a general state of world war. Documentation of what was discussed at the secret conference survived the war in the form of minutes transcribed by Eichmann.   

Having driven most Jews out of Germany in the pre-war years, only about 60,000 remained. With the invasions of [[Poland]] and [[Western Europe]], the Nazi regime considered itself challenged once again with administering territories with large Jewish populations, not only of populations with Jews resident in those occupied territories, but also many Jewish refugees from Germany in the 1930s. Additionally, Eichmann calculated that 11 million [[Jews]] lived in the Soviet Republics which the Germans had invaded to create ''[[Lebensraum]]'' (living room or living space).  

Having driven most Jews out of Germany in the pre-war years, only about 60,000 remained. With the invasions of [[Poland]] and [[Western Europe]], the Nazi regime considered itself challenged once again with administering territories with large Jewish populations, not only of populations with Jews resident in those occupied territories, but also many Jewish refugees from Germany in the 1930s. Additionally, Eichmann calculated that 11 million [[Jews]] lived in the Soviet Republics which the Germans had invaded to create ''[[Lebensraum]]'' (living room or living space) for the German and [[Aryan]] peoples of [[Western Europe]].

The conference itself did not take very long, highlighting the eagerness and willingness of the Nazis to carry out the [[Holocaust]].

The conference itself did not take very long, highlighting the eagerness and willingness of the Nazis to carry out the [[Holocaust]].