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The Shoah (1939–1945)

Wannsee Conference

20 janv. 1942·Wannsee (Berlin)

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Fifteen high-ranking Reich officials meet to coordinate the «final solution to the Jewish question»; the minutes enumerate eleven million European Jews.

On January 20, 1942, in a lakeside villa at Wannsee, Berlin, fifteen senior Reich officials gathered under the chairmanship of Reinhard Heydrich to coordinate what the meeting's minutes called the "final solution to the Jewish question." The decision to exterminate had already been made and was already being carried out in the East: the conference settled the division of responsibilities between the ministries, the police, and the administration of the occupied territories.

The minutes, drafted by Adolf Eichmann and recovered after the war from the archives of the Foreign Ministry, enumerated country by country the Jews of Europe marked for the measure, including those of neutral or unoccupied states. Their administrative coldness and euphemistic vocabulary have made them the most frequently cited document in the documentation of the Shoah.

Period :
The Shoah (1939–1945)
Type :
Shoah
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Procès-verbal de la conférence de Wannsee ; documentation des procès de Nuremberg.

At the same place9

  1. 1349Black Death Massacresinconnu
  2. 1510Host desecration accusation, Jews burned38
  3. 5-6 nov. 1923Pogrom of the Scheunenvierteltoll not established
  4. 10 mai 1933Book burningstoll not established
  5. 1-16 août 1936Berlin Olympic Gamesbilan non établi
  6. 18 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Berlinbilan non établi
  7. 27 févr. 1943Roundup of factories and Rosenstrasse protestbilan non établi
  8. 25 août 1982Attack on Mifgash Israel restaurant1
  9. 18 oct. 2023Arson Attack against the Kahal Adass Jisroel synagogue and community centerdégâts

In the same country296

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 288 more in the catalogue.

Event 1802 of 2483, in chronological order · The Shoah (1939–1945): 915 events in the catalogue

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