While it is claimed that the copy of the wannsee minutes held by the foreign office is the original, this cannot in fact be the case, since it is identified as the 16th copy of a total of 30. Full text of the wannsee conference in the development of. Led by ssgeneral reinhard heydrich, the wannsee conference was the starting point for the jewish holcaust which led to the mass murder of six million peo. Oct 12, 2016 the house of the wannsee conference a memorial finally october 12, 2016 october 12, 2016 roomkes the house of the wannsee conference, a lakeside villa located roughly halfway between central berlin and potsdam, is a place that is important and interesting for several reasons. This is really a film about the holocaust in general, specifically the years leading up to the wannsee conference. Substantial revisions to the nuremberg text have been made to add clarity and, in some cases, to correct mistakes in an obviously hasty translation. The house of the wannsee conference a memorial finally. Wannseekonferenz was a meeting of senior government officials of nazi germany and schutzstaffel ss leaders, held in the berlin suburb of wannsee on 20 january 1942. The wannsee conference was a highlevel meeting of german officials to discuss and implement the socalled final solution of the jewish question mass killing. The conference was to tell leaders of government departments that dealt with jews, that adolf eichmann had been put in charge of the final solution to the jewish question in german.
A real time recreation of the 1942 wannsee conference, in which leading ss and nazi party officials led by ssgeneral reinhard heydrich. Alfred mey er 1891 1945 state secretary staatssekretar reich ministry for the occupied eastern territories. Yet in that short period, the slimfeatured, 37yearold nazi had already earned the monikers butcher of prague and the blond beast. In july 1941, hermann goering, writing under instructions from hitler, had. Diewannseekonferenz1984 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Its the 16th set of minutes and the only remaining one of the complete set of 30. This book offers a valid reassessment of the wannsee conference. The wannsee conference played a crucial role in the events of the second world war in europe. This recreation of a january, 1942 meeting of several nazi officials is based on the actual minutes of the conference. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of departments responsible for various policies relating to jews that reinhard heydrich had been appointed as the chief executor of the final solution to the jewish question. Now that the destruction of european jewry had become official german policy, the purpose of the wannsee conference, according to historian doris bergen, was to coordinate the details and establish the central role the ss. The photograph above shows the large dining room of a villa on the grossen wannsee, a lake in the wannsee suburb of berlin, where the conference on the final solution of the jewish question was held on january 20, 1942. The loud background music and amateurish production quality detracts from the history here. At the wannsee conference on january 20, 1942, senior nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the socalled final solution to the jewish question can be best implemented.
As a result, a network of extermination camps was established in which 1. The wannsee conference, held on january 20, 1942 was called to coordinate the final solution to the jewish problem. The purpose of the conference, called by the director of the reich main security office ss obergruppenfuhrer reinhard heydrich, was to ensure. The wannsee conference was a meeting of senior officials of the nazi german regime, held in the berlin suburb of wannsee on 20 january 1942. With dietrich mattausch, gerd bockmann, friedrich g. Wannsee conference and the final solution the holocaust.
It does not diminish the horror and evil of what they did, but rather gives a much more coherent explanation of why it occurred, when and where it did, why the personnel involved were relatively low level rank for such a task. The replayed wannsee conference with artistic license. A startling, important film depicting, in real time, the conference held at the wannsee on january 20, 1942, during which 14 members of the nazi hierarchy decided in 85 minutes the means and logistics of effecting the final solution. The documenatry from hbo was so interesting, how could. Nazi officials discuss final solution at the wannsee. The ss envisioned that some 11 million jews, some of them not living on germancontrolled territory, would be eradicated as part of the nazi program. I would donate this book to charity in a heartbeat. Since no verbatim transcription of the meeting exists, the dialogue is necessarily fictionalised. The wannsee conference 1984 robert atzorn, gerd bockmann. Who were the 15 men who attended the meeting, and what connected them. May 07, 2002 the historical roots of policies that led to the deaths of millions are traced in this thoughtful examination of the nazis businesslike planning of genocide at the notorious 1942 conference. A creator of the einsatzgruppen mobile killing units that would go on to murder 2 million people in the fields of eastern europe, heydrich would soon convene the wannsee conference, where hitlers top lieutenants devised the final solution to the jewish question. The music is also unnecessarily creepy, like some alfred hitchcock movie. Peter longerich the wannsee conference in the development of the final.
All i got was plain and simple, and simultaneously bland, veiled facts. Now that we have a good understanding of the conference that occurred at wannsee, we can move on to what was accomplished. On january 20, 1942, an infamous meeting of highranking members of the ss took place in berlinwannsee. The nazi party had always targeted jews ever since coming into power after world war i, but it was not until 1942, the year the wannsee conference was held, that the mass murder of jews that was.
Allegedly, the purpose of the conference, which was chaired by reinhard heydrich, was to plan important parts of the holocaust. The myth of the six million the wannsee conference. The following persons took part in the discussion about the final solution of the jewish question which took place in berlin, am grossen wannsee no. Another lie crushed posted on october 5, 2015 by help one of the more commonly perpetuated myths around the holocaust is that the nazis held a conference in the berlin suburb of wannsee on january 20, 1942, where the extermination of the jews was planned. In july 1941, hermann goering, writing under instructions from hitler, had ordered reinhard. Full text of the wannsee conference in the development of the final solutionwannsee conference see other formats house of the wannsee conference educational and memorial site am grosser.
This is a startling recreation of one of the most infamous events in historythe gathering of 14 nazi officials on january 20, 1942, in the berlin suburb of wannsee to discuss the final. The aim of all this was to cleanse german living space of jews in a legal manner. The script is derived from the minutes of the meeting. A real time recreation of the 1942 wannsee conference, in which leading ss and nazi party officals gathered to discuss the final solution to the jewish question. Wannsee 5658 d14109 berlin tel 00493080 50 01 0 fax. Rather, the wannsee conference was the place where the final solution was formally revealed to nonnazi leaders who would help arrange for jews to be transported from all over germanoccupied europe to ssoperated extermination camps in poland. There is perhaps no better window into the banality of evil than a collection of bureaucrats gathering at a working lunch to discuss the most. The villa in which the wannsee conference took place in berlin. This transference and repurposing of resources was all decided in the infamous wannsee conference, which we now know was the beginning of the final solution of the jewish question. The wannsee conference was a meeting of senior members of the nazi german government.
Its really only about the wannsee conference for the last 1015 mins. I would rate it top of the line as far as how boring it was. Adolf eichmann, the nazi official who had inspired that turn of phrase, was the main organizer of the wannsee conference, a meeting of 15 senior nazi leaders in suburban berlin on january 20, 1942. The wannsee conference was a conference in the berlin suburb of wannsee on 20 january 1942. The wannsee conference leads to the holocaust and the genocide of 6 million jews. This is a startling recreation of one of the most infamous events in history the gathering of 14 nazi officials on january 20, 1942, in the berlin suburb of wannsee to discuss the final. Wannsee and the final solution i was expecting dialogue between the monstors at the meeting.
In calm, measured tones, the various nazi higherups discuss the extermination of europes jewish population. Nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the final solution of the jewish question. After wwii ended, many high ranking nazi officials were tried and convicted during the nuremberg trials as a result of the holocaust. Hans frank on the removal of jews from the general government. In this lesson, we explore one of the most significant moments in the holocaust. The wannsee conference 1984 in 1942, a group of highranking nazi officials meet and calmly discuss the logistics of the final solution, the elimination of jews from germany. Not one of the men present at wannsee objected to the announced policy. Jan 17, 2020 nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the final solution of the jewish question.
Nazi officials discuss final solution at the wannsee conference. Jan 18, 2017 the wannsee conference of 20 january 1942, was a crossdepartmental meeting of the nazi government. The room where wannsee conference to plan the final solution. There is some good history in there about the holocaust.
The purpose of the conference, called by the director of the reich main security office ssobergruppenfuhrer reinhard heydrich, was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various. The director is heinz schirk turns 85 this year and the writer is paul mommertz and for both it is probably their most known work from their careers. It was held in the berlin suburb of wannsee on 20 january 1942. At the time of the wannsee conference, the nazis were already killing jews in enormous numbers and by a variety of methods. Wannsee conference article about wannsee conference by the. Minutes of meetings and is evidence of the planned execution of european jews and is a record of the wannsee conference that occurred january 20, 1942. Nazi german leaders met in wannsee, germany, to coordinate the genocide of 11 million european jews. But the path to wannsee may have been less direct than is commonly thought, argues roseman historyuniv. Much the same can be said of the quietly chilling docudrama the wannsee conference. The wannsee protocol and a 1944 report on auschwitz by the office of strategic services new york. Nov 21, 2017 on january 20, 1942, an infamous meeting of highranking members of the ss took place in berlin wannsee.