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Adolph Hitler invaded Poland in September, 1939, starting WWII. By the winter of 1942, his armies were freezing and starving in the snows of Russia, where his best general had died of a heart attack, and America had entered the war. For the first time, Hitler's dream of a German empire to last 1,000 years was in doubt. While he hired and fired generals and the winter grew colder 15 of his officials were ordered from their commands and ministries to meet in a quiet lakeside residence in Wannsee, in Berlin, far from the crisis at the front. In two hours, these men changed the world forever. Only one record of what was said and done here survives from the wreckage of what was the Thousand-Year Reich
Adolph Hitler invaded Poland in September, 1939, starting WWII. By the winter of 1942, his armies were freezing and starving in the snows of Russia, where his best general had died of a heart attack, and America had entered the war. For the first time, Hitler's dream of a German empire to last 1,000 years was in doubt. While he hired and fired generals and the winter grew colder 15 of his officials were ordered from their commands and ministries to meet in a quiet lakeside residence in Wannsee, in Berlin, far from the crisis at the front. In two hours, these men changed the world forever. Only one record of what was said and done here survives from the wreckage of what was the Thousand-Year Reich
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MALE NARRATOR Adolf Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939
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starting World War II
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By the winter of 1942
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his armies were freezing and starving in the snows of Russia
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where his best general had died of a heart attack
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and America had entered the war
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For the first time Hitler's dream of a German empire
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to last a thousand years was in doubt
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While he hired and fired generals
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and the winter grew colder
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15 of his officials
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were ordered from their commands and ministries
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to meet in a quiet lakeside residence
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in Wannsee in Berlin
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far from the crisis at the front
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In two hours
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these men changed the world forever
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Only one record of what was said and done here survives
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from the wreckage of what was
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the Thousand Year Reich
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Movie Summary
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
