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The Wannsee Conference, chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, was a meeting of senior Nazi officials on 20 January 1942 and was organised to work out the 'nuts and bolts' of the 'Final Solution', that is, the Holocaust. The early stages of the Holocaust were chaotic, often starting with local 'initiatives' which were later rubber-stamped at the top.
Contrary to what some older books say, it did not decide on the Final Solution. That decision had already been made (at a higher level) and the Final Solution had started.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoto decide the fate of the Jewish people
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to inform all departments what the policy was regarding that fate (the fate had already been decided, Wannsee Conference was not a conference of people who could decide these things, but of middle managers)
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∙ 11y agoOn January, 20, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's second in command of the SS, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution (Endlösung) in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 14 million persons.
"Europe would be combed of Jews from east to west," Heydrich stated.
The minutes of that meeting have been preserved but were edited by Heydrich substituting the coded language Nazis used when referring to lethal actions to be taken against Jews.
"Instead of emigration, there is now a further possible solution to which the Führer has already signified his consent - namely deportation to the east," Heydrich stated for example when referring to mass deportations of Jews to ghettos in occupied Poland and then on to the soon-opened death camps at Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.
"...eliminated by natural causes," refers to death by a combination of hard labor and starvation.
"...treated accordingly," refers to execution by SS firing squads or death by gassing - also seen in other Nazi correspondence in a variety of connotations such as "special treatment" and "special actions" regarding the Jews.
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∙ 12y agoIt was a meeting of departments who would have to implement the Final Solution.
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∙ 16y agoIn Wannsee a suburb of Berlin.
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What conference did German officials meet to implement the final solution to the Jews?
You are probably thinking of the Wannsee Conference of 20 January 1942. However, routine mass gassings of Jews had already started at Chelmno (Kulmhof) camp on 8 December 1941. The Wannsee Conference was fairly short (90 minutes) and was concerned with getting the various agencies involved (local police, the SS and the railways) to co-operate.
Is the Wannsee protocol part of the Nuremberg Laws?
No, though the Nuremberg Laws were mentioned at the Wannsee Conference.
What determined the final solution of the Jewish question on January 20 1942?
The Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942 was short (about 90 minutes) and was only concerned with co-ordinating the various agencies involved in carrying out the Holocaust. It was not concerned with policy. The decision to embark on the Holocaust was taken at a much higher level and earlier. The Holocaust was already under way at the time of the Wannsee Conference.
What major decision was agreed to at the Wannsee conference?
The Wannsee Conference was concerned with organizing the practical arrangements of the 'Final Solution'. The decision to kill the European Jews had already been taken, and at a higher level.
What events affected the course of the final solution from the time of the Wannsee Conference to the liberation of Auschwitz?
the retreat
When was the final solution authorized?
At the Wannsee Conference in January 1942
When did the wannsee confrence take place?
The wannsee conference took place on January 20, 1942 ;D
What was the 1942 conference call that established the Final Solution?
The Wannsee Conference, but it is not agreed that it established the Final Solution.
What conference did German officials meet to implement the final solution to the Jews?
You are probably thinking of the Wannsee Conference of 20 January 1942. However, routine mass gassings of Jews had already started at Chelmno (Kulmhof) camp on 8 December 1941. The Wannsee Conference was fairly short (90 minutes) and was concerned with getting the various agencies involved (local police, the SS and the railways) to co-operate.
What actors and actresses appeared in The Wannsee Conference - 1992?
The cast of The Wannsee Conference - 1992 includes: Adolf Hitler as himself
Is the Wannsee protocol part of the Nuremberg Laws?
No, though the Nuremberg Laws were mentioned at the Wannsee Conference.
What determined the final solution of the Jewish question on January 20 1942?
The Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942 was short (about 90 minutes) and was only concerned with co-ordinating the various agencies involved in carrying out the Holocaust. It was not concerned with policy. The decision to embark on the Holocaust was taken at a much higher level and earlier. The Holocaust was already under way at the time of the Wannsee Conference.
How did the Wannsee protocol change the Holocaust?
The Wannsee conference co-ordinated the roles of the various agencies involved.
DID The Warfield Conference meet to determine the final solution to the Jewish problem?
no it was the Wannsee conference
What conference did Reinhard Heydrich preside over?
The Wannsee Conference. Please see the related question.
What major decision was agreed to at the Wannsee conference?
The Wannsee Conference was concerned with organizing the practical arrangements of the 'Final Solution'. The decision to kill the European Jews had already been taken, and at a higher level.
When did the wannsee conference take place and what was planned there?
february 4-11 1945
