On January 20th, 1942, one of the most infamous meetings in human history took place.

Fifteen high-ranking Nazi officials gathered in the Berlin suburb of Wanzi to come up with a

final solution to the Jewish question. They discussed who would be eliminated and how,

all without the slightest hint of emotion or remorse. In around 90 minutes, the fate of millions of people was decided.

Learn more about the WANSI conference and how the final solution was enacted on this

episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Hello, I'm Matt and I'm McKinley. We have the father-son duo behind history dispatches.

The daily podcast that uncovers the weird, obscure, and fantastic tales from the past. From

lobotomies to the library of Alexandria to London's killer fog and America's

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In 1933, Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany, and just one year later,

he had consolidated enough power to become Führer, or the leader of Germany.

To understand how this led to the horrors of the Holocaust, we have to understand the beliefs

that drove the Nazi Party. One of Hitler's main ideological goals was Lieben's Röhm, or

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