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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,<ref>Göring had been designated [[Hitler]]'s successor after deputy Fuhrer [[Rudolf Hess]]'s flight to [[England]] in May 1941, hence the order from Göring was interpreted to mean the Reichmarshall outranked the Reichfuher in the Nazi hierarchy, although the Fuhrer outranked a Field Marshall in the regular German military.</ref> 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,<ref>Göring had been designated [[Hitler]]'s successor after deputy Fuhrer [[Rudolf Hess]]'s flight to [[England]] in May 1941, hence the order from Göring was interpreted to mean the Reichmarshall outranked the Reichfuhrer in the Nazi hierarchy, although the Fuhrer outranked a Field Marshall in the regular German military.</ref> 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]].   

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.

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.