Wannsee remains historically significant for a chilling reason: it reveals how a modern state can coordinate mass murder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The role of the Wannsee Conference in formalizing the Nazi genocide plan is still sometimes misunderstood On Jan. 20, 1942—75 ...

Eighty years ago, on January 20, 1942, fifteen men assembled in an idyllic lakeside estate near Berlin. The men were highly educated—seven held advanced degrees, including in philosophy, law, and ...

When a group of high-ranking Nazi bureaucrats sat down 70 years ago today (Jan. 20, 1942), they didn’t plot the death of 6 million Jews; they aimed at 11 million. Dubbed the Wannsee Conference, after ...

Global Screen is taking on the international distribution of The Wannsee Conference, a co-production from Constantin Television and ZDF. The film centers on the events of January 20, 1942, when ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president is marking the 70th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, at which senior Nazis and bureaucrats coordinated plans for the genocide of Europe’s Jews, with a message ...

Although the publisher promises a "groundbreaking investigation," little if any new light is shed on the overture to the Holocaust by English historian Roseman (A Past in Hiding). The notorious 1942 ...

Michael Frank is a contributing writer to Book Review. On a wintry morning in January 1942, 15 German bureaucrats, representatives of ministries responsible for the “Jewish question,” repaired to a ...

Decades after the end of World War II, the role of the Wannsee Conference in formalizing the Nazi genocide plan is still misunderstood. On Jan. 20, 1942-75 years ago this Friday-top-ranking Nazi party ...

The role of the Wannsee Conference in formalizing the Nazi genocide plan is still sometimes misunderstood On Jan. 20, 1942—75 years ago this Friday—top-ranking Nazi party, SS and government officials ...