By the end of 1941 the mass murder of the Jews of Eastern Europe had become a major problem for the Nazi regime. Until then, deaths had been caused by mistreatment or poor living conditions in concentration camps and ghettos. Also since June 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union, actions were carried out by SS commandos to cleanse cities of racial and political enemies.
To find a solution to this problem, the head of the SD, Reinhardt Heydrich, called a high-level meeting in Berlin, on the shores of Lake Wansee. On January 20, 1942, a meeting took place where senior Nazi leaders sought a way to eliminate 11 million Jews in the fastest, most efficient, cheapest and most industrialized way possible. The resulting document of this conference was "the final solution to the Jewish question."
How to get to the Wansee Conference House
The Wansee conference house is located on the outskirts of Berlin. To get there we must first get to the Wansee train station. with train lines S1 or S7. From there we must take bus 114 to the Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz. stop. To find out the best combination to get there, you can consult the following LINK.
Schedule
- Every day from 10:00 to 18:00
Free entry
Visit the Wansee Conference House
The Wansee conference house remained intact after the second world war. Due to its secluded location, the building remained standing. Today the villa on the banks of the Wansee can be visited on its ground floor, in the place where the meetings took place.
In the rooms of the entire ground floor, information panels have been placed with all the details about the conference, about the participants and about the results that produced the decisions that were made there.