| − | The '''Wannsee Conference''' took place in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] in 1942 during [[World War II]]. It was called to plan the [[Holocaust]], in which the [[Nazis]] would attempt to murder all [[European]] [[Jews]].<ref>http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm</ref> The conference was chaired by [[Reinhard Heydrich]] SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s chief assistant. Heydrich had been commissioned by Reichmarshall [[Hermann Göring]] in late 1941 to formulate a "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Minutes to the meeting were kept by Heydrich's assistant, [[Adolf Eichmann]]. The conference itself did not take very long, highlighting the eagerness and willingness of the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust. | + | The '''Wannsee Conference''' took place in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] in January 1942 during [[World War II]]. It was called to plan the [[Holocaust]], in which the [[Nazis]] would attempt to murder all [[European]] [[Jews]].<ref>http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm</ref> The conference was chaired by [[Reinhard Heydrich]], SS Reichfuhrer [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s chief assistant. Heydrich had been commissioned by Reichmarshall [[Hermann Göring]] in late July 1941, shortly after the commencement of [[Operation Barbarossa]] or the invasion of the Soviet Republics of [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]], [[Russia]], the [[Baltic states]] and [[Caucuses]], to formulate a "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Minutes to the meeting were kept by Heydrich's assistant, [[Adolf Eichmann]]. |