Conference in Wannsee
Villa Marlier at Wannsee, Berlin / Photo: Coenen / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

Conference in Wannsee

Conference in Wannsee
Villa Marlier at Wannsee, Berlin / Photo: Coenen / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

On 20 January 1942, 15 senior officials of Nazi Germany met in Berlin. The leader of the meeting was Reinhard Heydrich who was one of the most influential SS officers. The purpose of this conference was to ensure all administrative leaders about implementing of the “Final Solution (die Endlösung) to the Jewish Question”. As a result of the conference in 1942 a network of extermination camps was built in which millions of Jews were murdered.

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