Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution from "summary" of The Holocaust by Laurence Rees
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of high-ranking Nazi officials held in Berlin on January 20, 1942. The conference was convened by Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, with the aim of coordinating the implementation of the Final Solution – the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe. The meeting brought together representatives from various government departments and agencies, including the SS, the Gestapo, and the Ministry of the Interior. At the conference, Heydrich outlined the plan to systematically murder millions of Jews through mass shootings and gas chambers. He also discussed the logistics of transporting Jews to killing centers, as well as the need for cooperation between different branches of the government to ensure the smooth execution of the operation. The attendees of the conference, including high-ranking officials such as Adolf Eichmann and Josef Bühler, actively participated in the planning and implementation of the genocide. The Wan...
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