As uwhatireally said , ausrotten should be translated as extirpate or to uproot . The commonly quoted passageI am thinking now of the evacuation of the Jews , the extirpation of the Jewish people . It is one of those things that ' s easy to say The Jewish people will be extirpated , says every Party comrade , that ' s quite clear , it ' s in our programme elimination of the Jews , extirpation that ' s what we ' re doing . Now consider the lines says every Party comrade , that ' s quite clear , it ' s in our programme What was in the official party programme ? Only a territorial solution to the Jewish question , this cannot refer to a genocidal solution as this was never public party policy . Also helps to read the whole speech yep long read not just a paragraph out of context