The Wannsee Conference [VHS]

		The Wannsee Conference
		Conspiracy
		The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution: A Reconsideration
		Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
		Hitler: The Last Ten Days

The horror of the holocaust began on January 20, 1942, when key representatives of the SS, the Nazi Party, and the government bureaucracy met secretly at a house in Wannsee. A quiet Berlin suburb, to discuss "The Final Solution." While they enjoyed a buffet lunch, brandy, and cigarettes, they discussed how they could systematically exterminate eleven million Jewish people. Director Heinz Schirk and writer Paul Mommertz use actual notes from the Wannsee Conference, along with letters written by Hermann Goering and Adolf Eichmann, and testimony by Eichmann at his 1961 trial in Israel, to re-create the shocking events of the fateful 85-minute meeting. Viewers become stunned witnesses to the cold-blooded, matter-of-fact manner in which the most hideous crime in history was set in motion.

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Summary: Perfect !!

Why this has not made it to DVD is beyond me. Or even why it has not aired on TV that much.
This German film with English subtitles is simply outstanding. The acting ensemble is flawless especially Dietrich Mattaush playing SS General Heydrich with arrogant brilliance. Between flirting with the stenographer and keeping his henchmen rolling in stitches at his jokes, Mattaush delivers a bravura performance as Heydrich, architect of the Final Solution. Perhaps, like the criticism Steven Spielberg received for casting the handsome and charismatic Ralph Fiennes as SS Commandant Goeth in Schindlers List, the producers of Wansee Conference were likewise made aware that the equally charismatic Mattaush played it just a little too compelling.

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Summary: no packing

this cd is probably a copy, because there was nothing witten on it, and no cover.

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Summary: Great VHS. Another DVD version is available.

This chilling VHS is fantastic. Those who enjoy it are directed to also watch the DVD "Conspiracy" for similar fantastic drama.

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Summary: toe curling

in german with german actors, production ofcourse;this is the almost verbatim meeting held in the city of the title where the german elite explained just how they were going to exterminate the jews entirely...the cover-up,how they would make it look and sound palapable,going over details without euphamisims. difficult to watch,but needed. we seem to have already begun willing to repeat the horrible mistakes we promised to learn from...there is an american version with kenneth branagh and stanley tucci that is as good,but lacks the story in and told by germans...it is called the "conspiracy" on dvd...

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Summary: Excellent documentary on important topic

The Wannsee Conference was a critical, 2-hour event during which high officials of the Third Reich planned their "Final Solution" for the "Jewish problem." Their solution -- ship them east, then kill them all.
The film, using the last remaining transcript of the actual conference, reveals the most frightening aspect of the Nazi government -- killing millions was treated more routinely than planning the refreshments for the meeting. Anyone can be evil in the right -- or wrong -- circumstances; the sooner we recognize that evil does not arrive with red tail and horns, but dressed like you or me, the better we will be able to see it and reject it.