Wannsee Conference
1942 meeting of senior officials and functionaries of National Socialist organisations and ministries in Berlin to organise and coordinate the deportation of the entire Jewish population of Europe to the East for extermination
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Summary
Wannsee Conference is a convention[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of convention entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,984 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin[3]
- Country: Germany[4]
- Location: Villa Marlier[5]
- Commons category: Wannsee Conference[6]
- Point in time: January 20, 1942[7]
- Participant: Reinhard Heydrich[8], Adolf Eichmann[9], Josef Bühler[10], Roland Freisler[11], Otto Hofmann[12], Gerhard Klopfer[13], Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger[14], Rudolf Lange[15], Georg Leibbrandt[16], Martin Luther[17], Alfred Meyer[18], Heinrich Müller[19], Erich Neumann[20], Karl Eberhard Schöngarth[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wannsee Conference[22]
- Commons gallery: Wannsee Conference[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[24]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for Wannsee Conference include Die Wannseekonferenz[25], a television film[26], directed by Matti Geschonneck[27] and The it[28], a television film[29], directed by Heinz Schirk[30].
Why It Matters
Wannsee Conference has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for it include Die Wannseekonferenz[25], a television film[26], directed by Matti Geschonneck[27] and The it[28], a television film[29], directed by Heinz Schirk[30].