Wannsee Conference (105) Flashcards
When was the Wannsee Conference ?
January 20th 1942
What was the Wannsee Conference ?
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.”
What were the aims of the Wannsee Conference ?
The aim of the Wannsee Conference was clear to its participants: to further the coordination of a policy aimed at the physical annihilation of the European Jews.
Who was present at the Wansee Conference ?
SS General Reinhard Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler’s top deputies; SS Major General Heinrich Müller,SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann
Who wasn’t present at the Wannsee Conference ?
Not present at the meeting were representatives of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Reich Railroads (Reichsbahn) in the German Ministry of Transportation
Why was this ?
The Reich Railroads had already made an agreement with SS about the transpiration of the Jews from the newly occupied lands.
Who was included in the final solution ?
11,000,000 million Jews including those in Britain, France and the mutual countries.
What was the aim of Wannsee Conference ?
to further the coordination of a policy aimed at the physical annihilation of the European Jews.
