sentences:  Eberhard Jäckel wrote in 1986 during the German "Historikerstreit"—a dispute among historians about the uniqueness of the Holocaust and its relationship with the crimes of the Soviet Union—that it was the first time a state had thrown its power behind the idea that an entire people should be wiped out.Anyone with three or four Jewish grandparents was to be exterminated, and complex rules were devised to deal with "Mischlinge" ("mixed breeds").Bureaucrats identified who was a Jew, confiscated property, and scheduled trains to deport them.