House of the
Wannsee Conference
Memorial
and Educational Site
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The Historical Site
In this house – a former industrialist’s villa built in 1914-15 and used from 1941 to 1945 by the SS as a conference centre and guest house – on 20 January 1942, fifteen high-ranking representatives of the SS, the NSDAP [Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei] and various ministries met to discuss their cooperation in the planned deportation and murder of the European Jews.
The SS representatives reported to the state secretaries present on the murder campaigns which had been carried out by German Einsatzgruppen in the Soviet Union since August 1941 and on the killing methods already in use.
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Note: The Memorial Site is closed on 24 May 2012 till 1.00 p.m. ! |
What is today referred to as the "Wannsee Conference" was chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). His deportation expert Adolf Eichmann drew up a protocol of the meeting, which was found in 1947 in the foreign ministry files. The Wannsee Protocol documents with alarming clarity the plan to murder all European Jews and the active participation of Germany’s public administration in this genocide.
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• Authorization letter of Hermann Göring to Reinhard Heydrich, July 31, 1941 | |||||||||||||||
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to Martin Luther, Foreign Office of
November 29, 1941
(in German) and of
January 8, 1942
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"Requests and ideas of the Foreign
Office in connection with the intend final solution of the Jewish question in Europe", Memorandum for Understatesecretary Martin Luther for the meeting, December 9, 1941 |
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The participants of the
Conference
(pdf-file) • Organigram of the participants at the Conference (pdf-file: 206 KB)
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Protocol of
the Wannsee
Conference ► text version ► pdf-file ► German original (*pdf-files) |
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• Circular by Heydrich about the beginning of the "Final solution of the Jewish question" of January 25, 1942 (in German) | |||||||||||||||
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Letter
by
Heydrich
to the Head of the
SS Personal Main Office SS Gruppenführer Schmitt, January 25, 1942
conc.
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Letter by Heydrich to the
Higher SS and Police leader state secretary Frank
concerning the "Final solution of the Jewish
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"Geheim-Schnellbrief" Eichmanns
conc. "Evacuation of
Jew"
31 january 1942
(in German)
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Letter by Heydrich to Luther (Foreign Office) of February 26,
1942 in connection with sending the minutes of the • Note of the commander in chief of the security police and SD in Riga concerning the distribution of the copies, March 2, 1942.
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Minutes of the first conference
after the
Wannsee Conference at the Reich
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Letter
by Dr Franz Schlegelberger, acting Reichsminister of Justice,
April 5, 1942 conc. "Final solution
of the Jewish
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Letter by Rademacher,
Foreign Office, conc. "Future measures against Mischlinge I. and
II. grades", June 11, 1942
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Letter by Robert Kempner about the finding of the protocol
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● Opening times Permanent exhibit: daily 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. except: Good Friday, May 1st, Ascension Day, October 3rd, December 24-26, December 31st, January 1st Library: mo - fr 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. except: Good Friday, May 1st, Ascension Day, October 3rd, December 24-26, December 31st, January 1st
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The entrance to the Memorial Site is free, but some events and special exhibitions have an admission charge.
The
Educational Department offers group tours (in several
languages), seminars and study days. Groups of more than 10 are asked to book in advance with the secretariat (secretariat@ghwk.de). All rooms of the exhibit and the library are wheelchair accessible. |
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