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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]].   

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]].   

Eichman had calculated that 11 million [[Jews]] lived in the [[Soviet Union]]. The conference itself did not take very long, highlighting the eagerness and willingness of the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust.

Eichmann had calculated that 11 million [[Jews]] lived in the Soviet Republics. The conference itself did not take very long, highlighting the eagerness and willingness of the Nazis to carry out the Holocaust.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Molotov Ribbentrop pact]]

*[[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]

*[[Einsatzgruppen]]

*[[Einsatzgruppen]]