House of horrors—the house where the Holocaust was planned is to open an exhibition

The House of Wannsee Conference in Berlin, which is the villa where Nazi party officials met on January 20, 1942, in order to decide the Final Solution of the Jewish Question, or the holocaust, is now opening a permanent exhibition. Located in Berlin, this villa on the lakeside went down in history as the place where the horrendous atrocities on Jews were planned on one January day in 1942. The exhibition is called, The Meeting at Wannsee and the Murders of European Jews.
It has been around as a memorial since 1992, when it was first opened. Now the organisers are looking to start this permanent exhibition so as to increase public awareness regarding how Adolf Eichmann’s sinister plans to exterminate Jews really were. The suburban villa sure does look like a normal villa, but its dark past has marred its beauty and serenity. Surrounded by green trees, and occupying a large area, it is indeed a beautiful property. But the role it played in world history during World War II is in stark contrast.


The House of Wannsee Conference is now going through upgrades for the exhibition, and the villa authorities are hoping to attract many more visitors through the new initiative, students in particular. Visitors should be engaged for a longer period with these interactive displays that are now being added.
The disgraceful meeting on January 20, 1948 was chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, and it is said that cognac was served after the meeting got over. Adolf Eichman had testified during his trial that people also spoke freely of extermination (post-meeting) without the usage of any code language. Most of the papers related to the meeting were destroyed, except one.