THE CONFERENCE

The Wannsee Conference: possibly the most terrible conference in human history. In January 1942, high-ranking Nazis met in a villa in Wannsee, Germany, where they planned the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”- total annihilation of the Jews by systematic mass murder. Produced for the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, this television docudrama recreates the meeting of 15 top Nazi officials, headed by Reinhard Heydrich. Based on the actual minutes as recorded by Adolf Eichmann.     

Bonus Content: Talk by Dr. Jessica Hammerman

Dr. Jessica Hammerman holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History and Modern Jewish History from the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. She is currently the Associate Professor of World History at Central Oregon Community College in Bend, OR. She has published several articles about French-Algerian Jews during the Franco-Algerian War for Independence. She is currently finishing a book on the topic, in which she traces the Jews’ experiences from their denaturalization in WWII to their eventual mass emigration out of Algeria to France in 1961. Dr. Hammerman is married to Isaac Peterson and they have 2 children, Ruby,12, and Zevvy, 6.