A Note on the Genesis of the Final Solution by Raul Hilberg Christopher Browning. Essays on the Emergence of the Final Solution.
Fateful Months is an important book.
Its subject is the genesis of the Final Solution and its focus is placed on the period 1941-1942 when the physical annihilation of the European Jews began. Browning is an empiricist who seeks answers to this problem in a sequence of specific events. The two places are noteworthy because the killings that were launched there in 1941 constituted early components of the emerging program to engulf the Jews of Europe as a whole. The gas vans in turn are of interest because they signify a transition from one mode of killing to another. The first essay is Browning's exploration of questions and arguments about the origins of the Final Solution.