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)](https://westernmarches.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/the-worlds-most-terrifying-letter-gc3b6ring-to-heydrich-on-the-final-solution.jpg?w=739)