On November 12, several days after Kristallnacht, high-ranking representatives of the various Nazi State Ministries and the SS met in Goering's office to consider all aspects of the "Jewish problem." This forum discussed the problems that had come about after the Kristallnacht devastation and decided to apply economic measures against the Jews. Here, the Nazis adopted the forced-emigration policy as a guideline for action. The goal now was to remove the Jews from Germany by any possible means. The discussants also decided to impose upon the Jews a fine of 1 billion reichsmarks ("for the murder of vom Rath") and to establish a Central Jew Emigration Office.
