House of the Wannsee Conference
 Memorial and Educational Site 

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 ●  Exhibition

 ●  Education


 ●  360°-Panorama


 ●  History of the House
     • Garden Marlier
●  Library
●  Newsletter (in German)


 ●  Publications
●  Special exhibits
     • Residential villa areas in
       Wannsee, 1870-1945
    • Traces in the Łódź ghetto
      (in German)
    • Sport under the Magen David
      (in German)
    • Else Ury, the author of
       "Nesthäkchen"
      (in German)
    • News from the Chotzen family
      (in German)

●  Texts about the Wannsee
    Conference

 ●  Links
●  Photo gallery
 

 
 ●  Opening times
     Permanent exhibit:
      daily 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
      except:
          Good Friday, May 1st,
          Ascension Day, October 3rd,
          December 24-26              
          December 31st, January 1st

      Library:
      mo - fr 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
      except:
          Good Friday, May 1st,
          Ascension Day, October 3rd,
          December 24-26              
          December 31st, January 1st 


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for groups
 

 

 

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The Historical Site

 

On January 20th, 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt), chaired a meeting of high-ranking civil servants and SS-officers in this mansion.

 

As the decision to murder the European Jews had been made earlier the »Wannsee Conference« was concerned with the organisation and implementation of "The Final Solution", the decision to deport the Jews of Europe to the East and to murder them. The meeting has become known as the "Wannsee Conference". In 1947 the minutes of the Conference recorded by Adolf Eichmann were found in the files of the German Foreign Office.



►   The Wannsee Conference, January 20, 1942

 

►   Documents to the Wannsee Conference

 

 •  Authorization letter of Hermann Göring to Reinhard Heydrich, July 31, 1941



 


Letters of invitation by Heydrich to the Conference:
 

• to Martin Luther, Foreign Office of November 29, 1941 (in German) and of
  January 8, 1942 (in English)
• to Otto Hofmann, Race and Settlement Main Office of November 29, 1941
  (in English) and of January 8, 1942 (in German)
 


 


•  Letter in reply: Hofmann to Heydrich, December 4, 1941
 

 


 

 •  "Requests and ideas of the Foreign Office in connection with the intend final
    solution of the Jewish question in Europe", Memorandum for
    Understatesecretary Martin Luther for the meeting, December 9, 1941
 


 




 

 •  The participants of the Conference (*.pdf-file)

 •  Organigram of the participants at the Conference  (*.pdf-file: 206 KB)

 


 

 •  Protocol of the Wannsee Conference
          ►      as text version
          ►      as *.pdf-file
          ►      as German original (*pdf-files)


 

 •  Circular by Heydrich about the beginning of the "Final solution of the
   Jewish question" of January 25, 1942 (in German)

 

•  Letter by Heydrich to the Head of the SS Personal Main Office
   SS Gruppenführer Schmitt, January 25, 1942 conc. "Final solution of the
   Jewish question" (in German)
 

•  Letter by Heydrich to the Higher SS and Police leader state secretary Frank
   concerning the "Final solution of the Jewish question", January 25, 1942
 

•  "Geheim-Schnellbrief" Eichmanns conc. "Evacuation of Jews"
   31 january 1942 (in German)
 

•  Letter by Heydrich to Luther (Foreign Office) of February 26, 1942 in connection
   with sending the minutes of the conference
      ► colour    (pdf-file: 399 KB)       ► black/white    (pdf-file: 174 KB)
 

•  Note of the commander in chief of the security police and SD in Riga concerning
   the distribution of the copies, March 2, 1942.

 

•  Minutes of the first conference after the Wannsee Conference at the Reich
   Security Main Office [RSHA], March 6, 1942    

page 1    (63 KB)

page 4    (105 KB)   page 7    (97 KB)

page 2    (74 KB)  

page 5    (111 KB) page 8    (106 KB)

page 3    (98 KB) 

page 6    (113 KB) page 9    (90 KB)


•  Note by Legationsrat Franz Rademacher, "Judenreferent" (Foreign Office,
   Dept. D III) to Understatesecretary Martin Luther, of March 7, 1942 conc. the
   treatment of the Jewish question (in German).
 

•  Letter by Dr Franz Schlegelberger, acting Reichsminister of Justice, April 5, 1942
   conc. "Final solution of the Jewish question" (in German)
 

•  Letter by Rademacher, Foreign Office,  conc. "Future measures against Mischlinge
   I. and II. grades", June 11, 1942
 

Testimony of Adolf Eichmann about the Wannsee Conference and the methods to kill
(Court trial, July 1961; audio-text in German:  7 min. 4 sec., mp3)
 
Testimony of Adolf Eichmann on the chain of command when the genocide began
(Court trial, July 1961; audio-text in German:  4 min. 29 sec., mp3)
 
Testimony of Adolf Eichmann about his ordering as transport expert to Berlin
(Court trial, May 1961; audio-text in German:  3 min. 46 sec, mp3)

 

•  Letter by Robert Kempner about the finding of the protocol
   (Frankfurt, January19, 1992) (in German)
 

• The entrance to the Memorial Site is free, but some events and special exhibitions have an admission charge.

• The Educational Department offers group tours in several languages, seminars and study days.
• A guided tour and the participation at seminars or study days costs 2,00 EURO per adult with own income.

• Pupils, trainees and students are free of charge.

• Groups of more than 10 are asked to book in advance with the secretariat (secretariat@ghwk.de).

• All rooms of the exhibit and the library are wheelchair accessible.

 

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