Wannsee Conference
What it was and what it meant
What it was
The Wannsee Conference was held in Wannsee, just outside of Berlin. It was presided over by SS-Lieutenant General Reinhard Heydrich, Chief of the Security Police and Security Service.The point of the conference was to confirm responsibilities duties of high ranking SS-officers involved in the "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem".
The Wannsee Conference
This is where the Wannsee Conference took place.
The Effects of the Wannsee Conference
This is what happened to the victims as the result of the Wannsee Conference.
Political cartoon
This shows that the German people were taught to follow Nazi rule without question
What it meant
The members of the SS would soon leave the conference with the intent of confining people to ghettos, forcing people into concentration camps, and carrying out the extermination of millions of people.
Bibliography
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Roseman, Mark, The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution: A Reconsideration, Metropolitan Books, New York, 2002
"The Minutes of the Wannsee Conference Http://www.HolocaustResearchProject.org."The Minutes of the Wannsee Conference Http://www.HolocaustResearchProject.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2013.