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The Wannsee Conference, 1942 – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

The Wannsee Conference, 1942

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 of Berlin. The conference had been called to discuss and coordinate a cheaper, more efficient, and permanent solution to the Nazis’ ‘Jewish problem’. … Continue reading The Wannsee Conference, 1942