Wannsee : the road to the final solution /
"On 20 January 1942, fifteen high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee, a lake on the western outskirts of Berlin. The elegance and grandeur of the villa, with its exquisite lakeside position and opulent interi...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021
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| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The location
- The initial invitation
- 1 The background to the conference: The `removal of the Jews', 1933--41
- `Territorial solutions'
- Mass shootings and genocide in the Soviet Union in summer 1941
- Deportations
- Regional `final solutions'
- Threats of extermination
- `Action needed': the close of 1941
- 2. The Wannsee Conference
- The participants: a `final solution' based on a division of labour between the SS and the bureaucracy
- Representatives of the `central authorities'
- Representatives of the civil occupation authorities
- SS functionaries
- The minutes
- 3. The `final solution' becomes a reality
- `Extermination through labour'
- Deportations and mass murder in spring 1942
- The escalation of `Jewish policy' in May/June 1942.
- Prologue: A meeting followed by breakfast
- The location
- The initial invitation
- 1 The background to the conference : the `removal of the Jews', 1933-1941
- `Territorial solutions'
- Mass shootings and genocide in the Soviet Union in summer 1941
- Deportations
- Regional `final solutions'
- Threats of extermination
- `Action needed': the close of 1941
- 2. The Wannsee Conference
- The participants : a `final solution' based on a division of labour between the SS and the bureaucracy
- Representatives of the `central authorities'
- Representatives of the civil occupation authorities
- SS functionaries
- The minutes
- 3. The `final solution' becomes a reality
- `Extermination through labour'
- Deportations and mass murder in spring 1942
- The escalation of `Jewish policy' in May/June 1942
- Conclusion: The Wannasee Conference in historical context
- The location
- The initial invitation
- 1 The background to the conference: The 'removal of the Jews', 1933-1941
- 'Territorial solutions'
- Mass shootings and genocide in the Soviet Union in summer 1941
- Deportations
- Regional 'final solutions'
- Threats of extermination
- 'Action needed': the close of 1941
- 2. The Wannsee Conference
- The participants: a 'final solution' based on a division of labour between the SS and the bureaucracy
- Representatives of the 'central authorities'
- Representatives of the civil occupation authorities
- SS functionaries
- The minutes
- 3. The 'final solution' becomes a reality
- 'Extermination through labour'
- Deportations and mass murder in spring 1942
- The escalation of 'Jewish policy' in May/June 1942
- Appendix: original minutes.
- The location
- The initial invitation
- 1 The background to the conference: The `removal of the Jews', 1933-1941
- `Territorial solutions'
- Mass shootings and genocide in the Soviet Union in summer 1941
- Deportations
- Regional `final solutions'
- Threats of extermination
- `Action needed': the close of 1941
- 2. The Wannsee Conference
- The participants: a `final solution' based on a division of labour between the SS and the bureaucracy
- Representatives of the `central authorities'
- Representatives of the civil occupation authorities
- SS functionaries
- The minutes
- 3. The `final solution' becomes a reality
- `Extermination through labour'
- Deportations and mass murder in spring 1942
- The escalation of `Jewish policy' in May/June 1942.