Aktion Reinhard Was the Result of Wannsee Conferen

Right after the conclusion of Wannsee Conference, Reinhard Heydrich allegedly told his closest associates that he wanted to start moving the Jews to gas chambers in days, not weeks.

Reality turned out to be different – depending on how broadly you define Aktion Reinhard. According to a narrow definition, Aktion Reinhard (aimed at total extermination of Jewish population) was geographically limited to the General Government district of German-occupied Poland.

This narrowly defined operation commenced in March of 1942 (weeks after the Wannsee Conference) and was subsequently named after Reinhard Heydrich who was attacked by British commandos on May 27, 1942 and was essentially killed by Himmler’s personal physician a week later.

During the operation, as many as two million Polish Jews were sent to Belzec, Sobib;r, and Treblinka killing centers to be murdered in purpose-built gas chambers using exhaust fumes of diesel engines (of captured Soviet T-34 tanks).

According to broader (IMHO, correct) definition, the operation was under way to murder all Jewish population of all occupied Poland – including areas annexed back into the Reich (after they were stolen by Versailles criminals).

In this case, one must add Chelmno death factory (which became operational weeks before the Wannsee Conference) to abovementioned list.

Narrowly defined Aktion Reinhard proceeded from March 1942 to November 1943; about 1.47 million or more Jews were murdered in just 100 days from late July to early November 1942, a rate which is approximately 83% higher than the estimated kill rate in the Rwandan genocide.

From July to October 1942, the overall death toll, including all killings of Jews and not just Operation Reinhard (first and foremost, in Chelmno killing center), amounted to two million killed in those four months alone. It was the single fastest rate of genocidal killing in history.

Aktion Reinhard (in both definition) was made possible only with the participation of all key SS agencies (RSHA, WVHA, etc.) and all key organizations of the Third Reich – NSDAP, Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, General Government in Poland, Office of a Four-Year Plan, Reich Chancellery and Ministry of the Interior (with the approval from Ministry of Justice).

This diabolical joint venture was the intended result – and one of the objectives – of Wannsee Conference.