{"product_id":"the-wannsee-conference-and-the-final-solution-a-reconsideration","title":"The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution: A Reconsideration","description":"A groundbreaking investigation into the mysterious gathering where the Nazi plan for genocide was reputedly decided.\n\nIn early 1947, American officials in Germany stumbled across a document. Entitled \"Secret Reich matter,\" it summarized the results of a meeting of top Nazi officials that took place on January 20, 1942, in a grand villa on the shore of Berlin's Lake Wannsee.\n\nOn one level, this document offered clarity: known as the Wannsee Protocol (and included here in full), it tallied up the Jews in Europe, carefully classified half and quarter Jews, and above all laid the groundwork for a \"final solution to the Jewish Question.\" Yet the Protocol, among the most shameful documents in history, remains deeply mysterious. How can we understand this businesslike discussion of genocide? And why was the meeting necessary? Hundreds of thousands of Jews had already been shot in Russia or gassed in the camp at Chelmno. Test murders had been carried out in Auschwitz. Indeed, the most remarkable thing about the Wannsee Conference, is that we do not know why it took place.\n\nMark Roseman, author of the acclaimed A Past in Hiding, seeks to unravel this double mystery and to explain how it was that on a snowy January day in 1942, a group of educated young men met to discuss the systematic slaughter of a people.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0805068104\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0805068104.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Roseman, Mark\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41579194515514,"sku":"DBV.0805068104.G","price":9.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0805068104-0.jpg?v=1785899775","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-wannsee-conference-and-the-final-solution-a-reconsideration","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}