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This English text of the original German-language Wannsee protocol is based on the official U.S. government translation prepared for evidence in trials at Nuremberg, as reproduced in John Mendelsohn, ed., The Holocaust: Selected Documents in Eighteen Volumes.
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Aug 30, 2024 · Wannsee Conference, meeting of Nazi officials on January 20, 1942, in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to plan the ‘final solution’ to the so-called ‘Jewish question.’ It was attended by 15 Nazi bureaucrats including Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann.
- Michael Berenbaum
Click to view PDF. The Wannsee Conference (German: Wannseekonferenz, German pronunciation: [ˈvanzeːkɔnfeˌʁɛnt͡s] ⓘ) was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel (SS) leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942.
German original Protocol of the Wannsee Conference, January 20, 1942 Note: This original of the protocol is at the "Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes, Berlin" (R 100857, Bl. 166-188). (PDF,2.43 MB)
The Wannsee Conference formalised the Nazis’ policy of the extermination of Jews in occupied Europe. On 20 January 1942, leading Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference Villa in Wannsee, a south-western suburb of Berlin.
Aug 2, 2016 · What was the purpose of the Wannsee Conference? How does it illustrate the concept of “working toward the Führer” (see reading, Working Toward the Führer in Chapter 5)? Adolf Eichmann uses the term “Final Solution” in his conference minutes to describe the task of killing the Jews of Europe.
Coordinating the Destruction of an Entire People: The Wannsee Conference. On January 20, 1942, a group of Nazi leaders met to coordinate a continent-wide genocide. January 19, 2021. Top Image: Entrance to the Memorial and Educational Site-House of the Wannsee Conference. Courtesy of Stephen and Irene Parris.
