Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37684 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-08-11
• Format: NTSC

Amazon.com
On January 20, 1942, a conference was held to organize the "final solution" -- the destruction of all eleven million European Jews. This documentary examines extensively the historical background to the conference, dealing with the preceding events methodically and largely chronologically. Eminent Jewish and non-Jewish historians exchange views on the issues that have occupied many people for years: the why's and wherefores, the question of blame and the possibility of a recurrence. Color & B/W

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Customer Reviews

Not Quite as Described
A mix of historical footage, interviews, and narration. I say it is not quite as described because almost 30 minutes of the 51 minutes running time describes the situation of the Jews in Nazi Germany prior to the conference, leaving only 20 minutes for the conference itself. I think anyone who would buy this video knows most of this information, and wants information about the conference and what happened there. There was very little in the way of details in that regard. The production values were also slightly below average, with the audio of the narrator's voice being drowned out by the music. It was also made before the Wannsee villa became a museum and learning center, so it is a little dated in that regard. Production date: 1992.

The Conference
For those who have not read 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich', this film offers some insights into the establishment of 'The Final Solution'. It should be a precursor to The Holocaust series of dvd's offered by Amazon.

Though some of the statements made seem self-servient, they expose the roots of the most hellish treatment ever to visit a race of peoples.

The Stern Reality
To avoid atrocities, the mankind should never forget what has happened once, to prevail what might happen again.