ePub The Civil War Journal of Lt. Russell M. Tuttle; New York Volunteer Infantry by Russell M. Tuttle in History

Description

Although Hitler's extermination of the Jews was well under way by the end of 1941; it was at the Wannsee Conference of January 1942 that Reinhard Heydrich officially announced the Nazi party's pursuit of the infamous "final solution." This conference was held at a luxurious villa known as the Wannsee House; and both the house and the conference have a complicated and fascinating history; which unfolded as economic and political events drew together wealthy German businessmen and powerful political figures in sometimes surprising ways. This book traces that history from 1914-the year that saw the foundations laid for both the house and the Holocaust-to the present. Appendices provide a wealth of historical documents including the Reich's rules "defining" Jews; letters from Reich Security Service officials providing early documentary evidence of the Holocaust; and a transcript of Adolf Eichmann's 1961 court testimony regarding the Wannsee Conference.