Although Hitlers extermination of the Jews was well under way by the end of 1941, it was at the Wannsee Conference of January 1942 that Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Reich Security Service, officially announced the Nazi partys pursuit of Hitlers infamous "final solution." This conference was held at a luxurious villa known as the Wannsee House, and both the house and the conference have a complicated and fascinating history, which unfolded as economic and political events drew together wealthy German businessmen and powerful political figures in sometimes surprising ways. This book traces that history from 1914--the year that saw the foundations laid for both the house and the Holocaust--to the present. Appendices provide a wealth of historical documents including the Reichs rules "defining" Jews, letters from Reich Security Service officials providing early documentary evidence of the Holocaust, and a transcript of Adolf Eichmanns 1961 court testimony regarding the Wannsee Conference.
- ISBN10 0786407921
- ISBN13 9780786407927
- Publish Date 1 September 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 March 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English