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Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:06 PM Jan 2022

January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference for the "Final Solution" of the Jews

On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."

Key Facts

1. The mass murder of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators required the coordination and cooperation of governmental agencies throughout Axis-controlled Europe.

2. The Wannsee Conference was a high-level meeting of German officials to discuss and implement the so-called “Final Solution of the Jewish Question” (mass killing).

3. The SS envisioned that some 11 million Jews, some of them not living on German-controlled territory, would be eradicated as part of the Nazi program.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/wannsee-conference-and-the-final-solution


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January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference for the "Final Solution" of the Jews (Original Post) question everything Jan 2022 OP
There is a movie available on youtube - for rent or purchase. Jim__ Jan 2022 #1
The Name of the Movie is "Conspiracy" Stallion Jan 2022 #2
Fantastic... WarGamer Jan 2022 #3
80 years moondust Jan 2022 #4

Jim__

(14,076 posts)
1. There is a movie available on youtube - for rent or purchase.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:11 PM
Jan 2022

I've seen this movie and think it's good, and I believe it's historically accurate about who was at the conference and what they said.

Stallion

(6,474 posts)
2. The Name of the Movie is "Conspiracy"
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:24 PM
Jan 2022

its challenging because its filmed almost entirely around a conference room table but its outstanding if you are mentally prepared to watch a room full of "people" calmly and methodically discussing the extermination of the Jews and others. Not a Hollywood action film but its chilling

WarGamer

(12,444 posts)
3. Fantastic...
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:33 PM
Jan 2022

The best I've seen.

However... after reading several books about Heydrich I didn't like Branagh's portrayal.

But historically the movie was solid and loyal to the truth. Really chilling and a great reminder to "Never Forget"...

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