The world’s most terrifying letter

Letter from Herman Göring to Reinhard Heydrich that lead to Heydrich chairing the 1942 Wannsee Conference, which discussed plans for the deportation and extermination of all Jews in German-occupied territory. Though the chain of command went from Heinrich Himmler to Heydrick, Göring was appointed Reichsmarschall by Hitler in 1941 making him senior to all other military commanders.

The world's most terrifying letter - Göring to Heydrich on the final solution. The Topography of Terror museum, Berlin, 2007 (W.E.Johnston)
The world’s most terrifying letter – Göring to Heydrich on the final solution. The Topography of Terror museum, Berlin, 2007 (W.E.Johnston)

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