View of the Wannsee villa. On January 20, 1942, the villa was the site of the Wannsee Conference, at which the decision to proceed with the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" was announced.

Conferences

Between 1933-1945, there were several notable conferences that impacted the Holocaust and World War II. Explore more content related to these meetings, including the Evian Conference (1938), the Wannsee Conference (1942), and the Tehran Conference (1943), among others.

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