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Who handles the final transport? How are the Jews transported? Explain.

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The Nazis conducted the final transport of Jews to execution sites via trucks following registration, under the pretense of resettlement. The Einsatzgruppen rounded them up for immediate execution to keep the victims' awareness of their impending death brief.

Step-by-step explanation:

The final transport of Jews to execution sites during the Holocaust was a carefully orchestrated operation led by the Nazi regime. Einsatzgruppen, or mobile killing units, facilitated the collection of Jews under the guise of resettlement, often using euphemisms like the 'Final Solution' to cover up the genocide. Victims were rounded up, registered by the Einsatzkommandos, and then transported by trucks directly to execution sites like antitank ditches or natural excavations, where they were immediately executed by firing squads. This process was intended to minimize the time victims realized their fate to the moment of execution.

The Nazis had initially researched plans to deport Jews to locations like Madagascar or create Jewish 'reservations', but by 1941, this evolved into systematic murder. Jews were also transported in inhumane conditions to extermination camps in railroad cattle-cars, where they were deceived into thinking they were going to 'showers', only to be gassed upon arrival. These forms of transport and the associated crimes were a central aspect of the Holocaust's horrifying history.

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