There were told that they were being 'resettled' in Eastern Europe. According to those people in the extermination camps who sorted the possessions that Jews took with them there were a large number of cooking utensils, and also Musical Instruments. This suggests that some of the Jews deported to the camps at least thought they might be starting a new life in Eastern Europe.
No, but they were ordered to draw up lists of Jews for deportation to extermination camps ...
deporting/deportation.
Jews hid in order to avoid deportation to death camps in Eastern Europe.
They were generally warned at least a day before that they would be deported.
essentially with the invasion of Poland. For example: When Hans Frank took Krakau as his headquarters he asked all Jews in non-essential jobs to leave the city, when only a few thousand left he ordered the deportation of 32 000 Jews from the city.
no, they were the only ones involved in arresting Jews in Paris, but others were involved in their deportation.
No, but they were ordered to draw up lists of Jews for deportation to extermination camps ...
deporting/deportation.
A ghetto.
mainly in 1941, but some in 1940
Jews hid in order to avoid deportation to death camps in Eastern Europe.
They went through what all of the other Jews went through; discrimination, deportation, and death.
They were generally warned at least a day before that they would be deported.
essentially with the invasion of Poland. For example: When Hans Frank took Krakau as his headquarters he asked all Jews in non-essential jobs to leave the city, when only a few thousand left he ordered the deportation of 32 000 Jews from the city.
The answer is not as clear as one might think. One might argue that the Holocaust started with the rise of Adolf Hitler and the latent anti-Semitism of a large number of Germans. The "final solution," which could be construed as synonymous with the Holocaust, began from the Nazis' desire to rid the territory they controlled of Jews and other "undesirables," and their inability to accomplish this by deportation.
I think one reason is because of the "promised land"
The plan assumed Germany victory in 1940 and was never realistic.