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THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF MEETING ON JANUARY
20, 1942 AT THE VILLA AM GROSSEN WANNSEE 56-58
IN BERLIN WAS TO COORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF HITLER’S FINAL SOLUTION.
PRESIDED OVER BY REINHARD HEYDRICH DEPUTY
TO SS CHIEF HEINRICH HIMMLER AND ADOLF
EICHMANN THE WANNSEE CONFERENCE AUTHORIZED
THE MOST IMPORTANT GERMAN MINISTRIES TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE METHODICAL MURDER OF
THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
HEYDRICH’S THINLY VEILED REFERENCES TO THE MASS KILLING OF JEWS BEGAN WITH THE NAZI INVASION
OF THE SOVIET UNION IN JUNE 1941. INCLUDED
EUPHEMISMS LIKE NATURAL DIMINUTION, PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCES AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY. HIS/ RHETORIC LEFT NONE OF HIS LISTENERS IN DOUBT
ABOUT THE INTENDED SCOPE OF THIS POLICY THE
TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF EUROPE’S 11 MILLION JEWS.
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