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  • February 25, 2012 at 4:43 pm #3093 Reply
    skiguy
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    Wiki link hereNot sure how accurate the info is in the above link, but how big a deal was this one day, few hour meeting of the German leaders?  Hitler's plans of exterminating/moving the Jews were already in play.  Did this conference finalize the decision?

    February 25, 2012 at 6:48 pm #26625 Reply
    Phidippides
    Keymaster

    I watched this movie about it a while back.  It's basically a film of a meeting where the “final solution” was hatched.  Not sure how accurate it is.

    February 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm #26626 Reply
    scout1067
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    As I understand it, the Wansee Conference finalized and formalized the extermination of the Jews.  It was not a start but rather the final stepstone before the Final Solution got underway in earnest.

    February 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm #26627 Reply
    skiguy
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    Too bad the British didn't bomb it while they were in there.

    February 27, 2012 at 4:48 pm #26628 Reply
    scout1067
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    Bomb what?

    February 27, 2012 at 10:01 pm #26629 Reply
    skiguy
    Moderator

    The villa where the conference was held.

    February 27, 2012 at 11:19 pm #26630 Reply
    scout1067
    Participant

    There was no way to know what was happening in there at the time and no guarantee they could hit it if they did.  There was a reason the Allies bombed cities and not smaller targets.  Regardless of how goods the Norden bombsight was, it still didn't let them target areas less than 1/2 a mile across.

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