The Wannsee Conference house is set in quiet surroundings in one of Berlin's most luxurious suburbs. The shore of Lake Wannsee is only metres from the back of the house. This idyllic setting hides a terrible secret.
In this villa on the 20th of January 1942, 15 men met to discuss the Final ... Read review
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The Wannsee Conference house is set in quiet surroundings in one of Berlin's most luxurious suburbs. The shore of Lake Wannsee is only metres from the back of the house. This idyllic setting hides a terrible secret.
In this villa on the 20th of January 1942, 15 men met to discuss the Final Solution. At the end of an hour and a half conference the Jews of Europe had been sentenced to death. The Nazi government tried to conceal this ... ...original thirty minutes of the meeting survived the war.
This house has been preserved and now acts as a reminder to the terrible events of the Holocaust. the museum is set in the villa itself and the exhibition inside covers the entire persecution of the Jews from its humble beginnings to the horror of the concentration camps.
The museum is extremely moving and the room in which the Wannsee Conference took place has ... more
The Wannsee Conference house is set in quiet surroundings in one of Berlin's most luxurious suburbs. The shore of Lake Wannsee is only metres from the back of the house. This idyllic setting hides a terrible secret.
In this villa on the 20th of January 1942, 15 men met to discuss the Final Solution. At the end of an hour and a half conference the Jews of Europe had been sentenced to death. The Nazi government tried to conceal this meeting from the world and only one copy of an original thirty minutes of the meeting survived the war.
This house has been preserved and now acts as a reminder to the terrible events of the Holocaust. the museum is set in the villa itself and the exhibition inside covers the entire persecution of the Jews from its humble beginnings to the horror of the concentration camps.
The museum is extremely moving and the room in which the Wannsee Conference took place has been reconstructed to look exactly as it did in 1942. The surviving minutes of the meeting are displayed for you to look at and an English translation is supplied.
The museum is a fitting testament ot the Holocaust and it is interesting to see that only very few of the men who attended the meeting were actually charged with crimes against humanity. Most served a small amount of time in jail and then went on to live full lives. The last participant at this terrible meeting died in 1987!
The majority of the exhibitions have English translations and you can loan or buy a guide book at the front desk. Upstairs in the villa is a small section of the Holocaust memorial library and some teaching rooms. Most of which were in use when I visited. The Wannsee house is extremely good for school groups and individual visitors wanting to know more. Admission is free and it is open everyday except Monday between nine and six.
The only problem I had with the Wannsee house was its location. It is situated in a suburb of Berlin and takes quite a while to reach by public transport. The best way to reach it is via U-Bahn to Wannsee and then a bus from the U-bahn station to 'Am Grossen Wannsee'. All of this can be done with a Berlintransport day ticket which costs about six Euros.
I highly recommend this museum. It is a fitting reminder to the horror of the Holocaust. The awful meeting that took place inside the villa is definitely an incredibly strange contrats to the beautiful Lake Wannsee that in itself is worth a visit, especially in the Summer.
