Editing Wannsee Conference (section)

== Notes ==
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| name = Gerlach
| German historian [[Christian Gerlach]] has claimed that Hitler approved the policy of extermination in a speech to senior officials in Berlin on 12 December. {{harvnb|Gerlach|1998|p=785}}. This date is not universally accepted, but it seems likely that a decision was made at around this time. On 18 December, Himmler met with Hitler and noted in his appointment book: "Jewish question – to be exterminated as partisans". {{harvnb|Browning|2007|p=410}}. On 19 December, Wilhelm Stuckert, State Secretary at the Interior Ministry, told one of his officials: "The proceedings against the evacuated Jews are based on a decision from the highest authority. You must come to terms with it." {{harvnb|Browning|2007|p=405}}.
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| name = Briefing paper
| This information was contained in the briefing paper Eichmann prepared for Heydrich before the meeting. {{harvnb|Cesarani|2005|p=112}}.
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{{efn
| name = Mischlings
| At a meeting of 17 ministerial representatives held at the Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories on 29 January, it decided that in the eastern territories, all ''Mischlings'' were to be classed as Jews, while in western Europe, the relatively more lenient German standard would be applied. {{harvnb|Browning|2007|p=414}}.
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| name = exemptions
| Göring and his subordinates made persistent efforts to prevent skilled Jewish workers whose labour was an important part of the war effort from being killed. But by 1943, Himmler was a much more powerful figure in the regime than Göring, and all categories of skilled Jews eventually lost their exemptions. {{harvnb|Tooze|2006|pp=522–529}}.
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| name = Minutes
| The minutes are headed ''Besprechungsprotokoll'' (discussion minutes).
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