268: Getting the Best Revenge Standing Inside the Room

What I Learned During My Summer Vacation - Part 3

Part of the orientation message prior to entering the villa at Wannsee

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Summary

In this episode, I travel to Wannsee, Germany, a suburb of Berlin, where on January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazis gathered in a villa to resolve various aspects of the “final solution of the Jewish problem.” I need to stand where terror and genocide were launched on a continental scale.

The front exterior of the villa at Wannsee

The view of Wannsee Lake from the rear of the villa

Referenced

For other parts of “What I Learned During My Summer Vacation”:

Part 1 – The Calamity of the Battle for the Hurtgen Forest

Part 2 – Confronting the Remnants of Hate on the Path to Remembrance

Part 4 – The Empty Library (available 8/17)

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