1. The Wannsee Conference in Myth and Reality
HST 472: The Rise and Fall of Hitler

2. What was the Wannsee Protocol?
Problems in effecting Nazi Jewish policy as evidenced in Poland
Power play by Heydrich
March proposal to Goering
Discussions with Hans Rosenberg
Goering’s July 31 “authorization”
Getting ministries on board
Question of half, quarter and privileged Jews

3. Did the Wannsee Protocol settle anything?
Widely distributed at ministerial level,with Heydrich’s power clear
While Heydrich seems to have won on policy towards half, quarter and privileged Jews, many survive war
Heydrich and Himmler had to continue to push exterminationist policy at every turn
Means of extermination still not settled