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House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial (Berlin)

Germany / Brandenburg / Kleinmachnow / Berlin / Am Grossen Wannsee
 museum, Holocaust

Historic luxury villa on Berlin's exclusive Wannsee, with a large park overlooking the water. Built in 1916, it was bought by the SS in 1940 and the notorious Wannsee Conference was held here in 1942. The villa has since been converted to an extensive Holocaust museum.

History of the Villa:
www.scrapbookpages.com/EasternGermany/Wannsee/History.h...

The Wannsee Conference (January 20, 1942, during World War II) was a high level ministerial meeting of German civilian government and SS officials convened by Reinhard Heydrich, to bring together the leaders of the German organizations whose cooperation was necessary to carry out the German plan for the extermination of the entire Jewish population of Europe and to make it clear to these other German ministers that this "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" was a strategic imperative of the Third Reich.

www.ghwk.de/engl/gardenmarlier.htm
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Coordinates:   52°25'58"N   13°9'56"E

Comments

  • guest (guest)
    Final Solution of the Jewish Question : did it actually Solve the Jewish Question, or was it just a waste of time and life ? Are Germans after that in a racially better situation, purer, etc. ? Why is it that the world's most scientifically advanced people came to believe such a sperficial and useless doctrine as racial superiority ? Is there any assurance that it will not happen again, not i Germany but in other countries ? There must be many in Germany who continue to hold racist beliefs. What do they think about these questions ?
  • Dave (guest)
    Watch the made for TV movie called "Conspiracy". I think it was made in 2001. It is an excellent and historically accurate portrayal of what was discussed here based on meeting notes taken by Martin Luther and later recovered by American troops.
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