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What was the purpose of the Wannsee Conference?

And what can we deduce


from the fact that countries not yet occupied by Germany were included in the
plan of the Final Solution?
The Main purpose of the Wannsee Conference was HOW to implement the Jewish
policy. Key figures from different institutions in the Third Reich make a decision about
new techniques in massive killings. In that time there were massive killings all around
Europe. Death camps were built near the railway stations such as Chelmno. Yet, the
Nazis were not satisfied with the efficiency of massive killings.
Operation Barbarossa happened in June 22 nd 1941 and one of the main reasons for the
attack was a bolshevik-jewish conspiracy against the Third Reich. The Nazi regime had
to legitimize its attack on the USSR. Moreover, the status of the Jews in the USSR
attracted the Nazis more than anything else. Later on in 1941, the main focus was
relocated to Poland. There were the largest number of the Jewish population and at the
end of 1941, the Chelmno camp was built. Reinchard Heidrich was mainly in charge for
this camp.Opening of those camps, such as Chelmno and Sobibor, Treblinka, Belzec
was called Operation Reinhard.
Yet, many concentration camps were not as much efficient as the Nazi wanted. They
were looking for other, more efficient solution. The Wansee Conference had to be
organized in December 1941 but was postponed until the January 20 th 1942. That same
guy, Reinhard Heidrich who was a leader of the Einsatzgroup attended to this meeting.
Moreover, 15 different figures attended to this meeting. They were in various acts
participating in the creating of the Final Solution and its implementation. It wasnt matter
of the Final Solution but it did matter how to continue with it.
After ghettos and vans with gas, people from the Wansee Conference were deciding
about a new killing method poison gas. Those guys decided to implement the Final
Solution in a more efficient way. This efficient way would be a construction of death
camps near railway stations. During 1942 there were opened three camps Treblinka,
Sobibor and Belzec. There were all on the Polish territory because of a concentration of
the Jews in that area. Deportations started, and the Jews from conquered Soviet areas
were deported to those camps.
As time went on, the World War II made a catastrophic consequences all over the world.
Yet, the Nazis were not so satisfied with the results. They were not also satisfied with
massive killings of the Jews. At the Wansee Conference, estimated number of the Jews
which has to be killed reached 11 million. Massive killing of 11 million of the Jews would
regard the end of the Final Solution and its success.
Afterwards, there will be closed all death camps, except two of item Majdanek and
Auschwitz-Birkenau.

What is more important issue is that plan regarded unoccupied territories in Europe.
Switzerland was very interesting example because Switzerland was a neutral country
during the whole World War 2. Yet, the Nazis and gentlemen from the Wansee
Conference considered in a totally different way. In my opinion, Germans considered
that those unoccupied countries would be the Third Reich, In the reality, that was
different. Battles were in the Northern Africa, the Eastern Front, Yugoslavia etc. This
plan was a long-term plan. That doesnt mean that it has to be within one or two years.
Maybe it would be within 10 years. In opinion of the Nazis, there was an idea of totally
conquered Europe. The Wansee Conference fit in that opinion and had to point out what
to do with the Jews from those territories. Furthermore, at the Conference there were
the best experts for the Jewish Question who wanted to implement the Final Solution in
the most efficient way. Thats why I think that putting on the list unoccupied countries
was utmost important. People from the Wansee Conference knew exactly what to do
with the Jews from occupied as well as potentially occupied countries. The Third Reich
constructed death camps, perfect killing methods and everything was fully prepared for
the implementation of the Final Solution.

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