Hermann Goering instructed Reinhard Heydrich to compose and submit 'all the necessary preparations with regard to organisational, practical and financial aspects for an overall solution (Gesamtlosung) of the "Jewish question" in the German sphere of influence in Europe'. Heydrich himself seems to have initiated this commission. To discharge this duty, Heydrich received co-operation from all Reich ministries and convened the Wannsee Conference, where Heydrich summoned the directors of the main government agencies that would have to co-operate for the plan to succeed. Many researchers consider Goering's instruction the first important document that set the wheels of the "Final Solution" in motion.
