
The Wannsee Conference: The Documentary
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Overview
It was arguably the deadliest conference in human history. The topic: plans to murder 11 million Jews in Europe. The participants were not psychopaths, but educated men from the SS, police, administration and ministries. The invitation to the meeting at Wannsee came from Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office. The Wehrmacht's campaigns of conquest in Eastern Europe marked the beginning of the systematic murder of Jews in Poland and the Soviet Union. In mid-September 1941, Hitler made the decision to deport all Jews from Germany to the East. Although there had been transports before, Hitler's order represented a further escalation in the murderous decision-making process. Persecution and discrimination had been part of everyday life since 1933. But as a result, the living conditions for the Jews in the Third Reich became even more difficult, among them the Berlin Jew Margot Friedländer, born in 1921, and the Chotzen family.
Top Cast


Philipp Schepmann
Philipp Schepmann
Self - Narrator (voice)
Philipp Schepmann
Self - Narrator (voice)


Margot Friedländer
Margot Friedländer
Self - Interviewee
Margot Friedländer
Self - Interviewee


Götz Aly
Götz Aly
Self - Interviewee
Götz Aly
Self - Interviewee
Robert Gerwarth
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Interviewee
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Interviewee
Peter Klein
Peter Klein
Self - Interviewee
Peter Klein
Self - Interviewee
Martin Kröger
Martin Kröger
Self - Interviewee
Martin Kröger
Self - Interviewee
Martin Cüppers
Martin Cüppers
Self - Interviewee
Martin Cüppers
Self - Interviewee
Barbara Schieb
Barbara Schieb
Self - Interviewee
Barbara Schieb
Self - Interviewee
Marcus Gryglewski
Marcus Gryglewski
Self - Interviewee
Marcus Gryglewski
Self - Interviewee
Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
Self - Interviewee
Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann
Self - Interviewee
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