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Col. Eichmann carefully edited the stenographic record of the conference. Copies were distributed to the participants to be read and then destroyed. Narrator:
General Heydrich flew back to his headquarters in Czechoslovakia where, in a few terrible weeks, he had earned the nickname: The Butcher of Prague. In the spring, two Czech patriots trained to assassinate him and dropped from a British bomber succeeded in wounding him. In reprisal, thousands of Czechs were rounded up and shot. Heydrich's wounds grew infected, he fell into a coma and died. Narrator:
Eichmann, as Heydrich's deputy for Jewish affairs was left to finish what they had begun at Wannsee. He considered it a matter of honor
Col. Eichmann carefully edited the stenographic record of the conference. Copies were distributed to the participants to be read and then destroyed. Narrator:
General Heydrich flew back to his headquarters in Czechoslovakia where, in a few terrible weeks, he had earned the nickname: The Butcher of Prague. In the spring, two Czech patriots trained to assassinate him and dropped from a British bomber succeeded in wounding him. In reprisal, thousands of Czechs were rounded up and shot. Heydrich's wounds grew infected, he fell into a coma and died. Narrator:
Eichmann, as Heydrich's deputy for Jewish affairs was left to finish what they had begun at Wannsee. He considered it a matter of honor
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NARRATOR Colonel Eichmann carefully edited
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the stenographic record of the conference
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Copies were distributed to the participants
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to be read and then destroyed
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General Heydrich flew back to his headquarters
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in Czechoslovakia
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where in a few terrible weeks
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he had earned the nickname The Butcher of Prague
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In the spring
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two Czech patriots trained to assassinate him
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and dropped from a British bomber
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succeeded in wounding him
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In reprisal thousands of Czechs
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were rounded up and shot
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Heydrich's wounds grew infected
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he fell into a coma and died
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Eichmann as Heydrich's deputy for Jewish affairs
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was left to finish what they had begun at Wannsee
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He considered it a matter of honor
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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.