Wannsee Conference Museum

Address: Am Grossen Wannsee 56-58, 14109 Berlin, Germany

Website: https://www.ghwk.de/

Hours: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm, closed Mondays (confirm on official site)

Admission: Free (House of the Wannsee Conference memorial museum - free entry; check for guided tour booking fees)

The Wannsee site in Berlin is the lakeside villa where the 1942 meeting commonly called the Wannsee Conference took place on 20 January 1942; it is now a memorial and education centre.

The meeting was convened by SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich on 20 January 1942 to coordinate the implementation of policies later termed the Final Solution. The villa has since been converted into a memorial and educational institution interpreting the events and their victims.

The property sits in the Wannsee quarter in southwest Berlin on the shore of Lake Wannsee, a short distance from the suburban Wannsee railway station and local road network.

• Historic meeting date: 20 January 1942 is the date of the conference where senior Nazi officials coordinated measures that became known as the Final Solution.
• Education and tours: On-site educational programmes and guided tours focus on Holocaust history and the administrative mechanisms of Nazi persecution.

What to See#

• Villa (Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz): A lakeside villa that houses a permanent exhibition and the original room where the 1942 meeting took place, now interpreted for visitors.

From Berlin central station take S-Bahn S7 to Wannsee station; from there it is a short bus ride (lines 114 or 118) or a 20-30 minute walk along the lakeside to Am Großen Wannsee 56-58.

• Book a guided tour in advance if possible - the small museum fills up, and guided tours provide much deeper context than the exhibits alone.
• Allow at least 90 minutes to see the exhibition and watch the documentary film about the January 20, 1942 meeting.
• The memorial is on the shore of the Großer Wannsee - combine a visit with a lakeside walk to see the contrast between the tranquil setting and the grim history.