Why I Wrote Book on Wannsee Conference

After writing two books on business management, one non-fiction history book, one self-help, one alternative medicine and twelve fiction books (with one more waiting to be assembled from completed pieces), I firmly decided to stick to writing non-fiction history books… pretty much for the rest of my life (I am 58).

My training and experience in knowledge management allows me to write quality books on just about any topic in history, so I put together a list of 100 books that I intend to write.

Every book will be written in “blog format” – any topic in X facts, where X can be anywhere from 100 to 1,000. Each fact will be up to 2,500 words long and will tell a separate story. A collection of facts (sections) will tell the story of a chapter and a collection of chapters will tell the story of a book.

I chose “Wannsee Conference in 100 facts” as a pilot project for a number of reasons. First, I am very well familiar with subject matter (history of the Third Reich and the Holocaust are my key competencies as a historian).

Second, this book (because of “… in 100 Facts”) is relatively short; consequently, it will be written in a month or so – which is very important for a pilot project. Third, although the Holocaust was researched very extensively, the Wannsee Conference is still an enigma; consequently, this book will be in high demand (also very important for a pilot project in a series of books).

And, finally, every writer (of fiction and non-fiction) always writes the book that he/she wants to read but can not find – and I am no exception. I was always interested in the enigma of Wannsee Conference and always wanted to find the book that would provide all knowledge that I needed… but could not find any.

I intend to make this book not just the best book on Wannsee Conference (otherwise, why write it at all?) but the best book on the Holocaust in existence – until I write “Holocaust in 1000 Facts”, of course. Why? Because no book (1) gives answers to all key questions about the Holocaust; and (2) is written in an easy-to-read (and digest) “blog format”.

This book is based mostly on my own research on Wannsee Conference and the Holocaust that I conducted for my fiction books written in my native language.