The Third Reich sought the removal of the Jews from Germany and ultimately the world. This removal occurred in two forms: first through emigration, then through extermination. In David Engel's The Holocaust: The Third Reich and the Jews, he rationalizes that the Germans' annihilation of the Jews was the result of how the Jews were viewed by the leaders of the Third Reich: as pathogens who threatened to destroy all humanity. By eliminating the existence of the Jews, the Third Reich believed it was saving the entire world from mortal danger. Through documents such as “Inside Auschwitz-A Memoir” by Franzi Epsteins, in The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History by Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz, it is possible to observe the struggle of the Jews firsthand. account. Furthermore, through “The Commandant of Auschwitz” by Rudolf Höss you can see the perspective of a commandant in Auschwitz. In Auschwitz: A History, Sybille Steinbacher effectively describes the Auschwitz concentration camp, while Hermann Langbein's People in Auschwitz reflects on Rudolf Höss's power and control at Auschwitz as commandant. Through these four texts one can see the effects that the Final Solution of the Third Reich had on the Jews and the commanders. Epstein shows the process that most Jews were subjected to, such as medical examinations, medical experiments, the use of gas chambers and crematoria. Medical tests were used to determine whether Jews were healthy enough to work. Dr. Mengele used Jews as “lab rats” and performed many experiments such as myriad drug tests and several surgeries. The gas chamber was a room where Jews were poisoned to death with a preparation of prussic acid, called Cyclo...... middle of paper...those procedures make one sober” (Langbein 304).The Third Reich sought to eliminate the Jews because the Germans saw the Jews as parasites infecting their country and the world. With economic and physical pressure, Germany managed to encourage Jews to flee Germany, however, due to the restrictions, not many left. The Nazis created the Final Solution to quickly eliminate all Jews who existed primarily in Germany. Through the use of medical experimentation, gas chambers, and the crematorium, approximately 6 million Jews were killed. Works Cited Langbein, Hermann. People in Auschwitz. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina, 2004. Print.Mendes-Flohr, Paul R. and Jehuda Reinharz. The Jew in the modern world: documentary history. New York: Oxford UP, 1980. Print.Steinbacher, Sybille. Auschwitz: a history. New York: ECCO, 2005. Print.