The Wannsee Conference of January 1942 marks the transition from mass killing in labor camps, ghettos and by the Einsatzgruppen to the industrialized mass murder in extermination camps. The genocide had already started well before the conference.

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The statement to evaluate is: 'The Wannsee Conference of January 1942 marks the transition from mass killing in labor camps, ghettos and by the Einsatzgruppen to the industrialized mass murder in extermination camps. The genocide had already started well before the conference.'

Option 1 (True): This option asserts that the Wannsee Conference marked a turning point toward the industrialized mass murder in extermination camps, while also noting that the genocide had already begun earlier. Historical evidence supports this: the conference did formalize and coordinate the administrative and logistical plans for the Final Solution to exterminate the Jewish population, establishing a framework for systematic murder in extermination camps. At the same time, killings by Einsatzgruppen, mass shootings, ghettos, and other coercive measures were already underway before January 1942, especially after the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. The two claims together—transition in planning emphasis at Wannsee and earlier phases of genocide—are consistent with scholarly consensus.

Option 2 (False): This option would be correct only if one believed that either the Wannsee Conference did not mark a shift toward extermination camps, or that the genocide did not start before January 1942. If interpreted as denying the existence of pre-1942 killings by mobile units or ghettos, it would be incorrect because those actions occurred prior to Wannsee. If interpreted as denying that Wannsee marked any transition, it would also be incorrect because the meeting is widely characterized as codifying the Final Solution and coordinating its execution, which does represent a shift in how the mass murder was organized, even if earlier killings already occurred.

In sum, the statement aligns with established historiography: a formal coordination and escalation of extermination logistics occurred at Wannsee, while earlier genocidal actions were already in progress, which makes this option coherent with what historians describe about the sequence of events.

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The Wannsee Conference of January 1942 marks the transition from mass killing in labor camps, ghettos and by the Einsatzgruppen to the industrialized mass murder in extermination camps. The genocide had already started well before the conference.

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