The Conference (2022 TV Movie)

Philipp Hochmair: Reinhard Heydrich

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• Dr. Gerhard Klopfer : Talking about "Evacuation to the Premises of the Final Solution"... Does that mean special treatment for *all* European Jews?

  Reinhard Heydrich : Listen now, but then forget it immediately. That's exactly right.

• Martin Luther : It can be relatively easy to present a Jew-free Serbia to the Führer.

  Reinhard Heydrich : How many are we talking about?

  Martin Luther : 6,000-8,000. Only women and children.

  Reinhard Heydrich : Why no male Jews?

  Heinrich Müller : Already shot as hostages. A hundred dead for one dead German.

• Dr. Gerhard Klopfer : I consider myself an expert in the field, but I cannot overview how many Jews are we talking about.

  Reinhard Heydrich : We are talking about eleven million.

• Reinhard Heydrich : Regarding the reason for our gathering, I would like to draw your attention to the letter from Reichsmarschall Göring which is attached to my invitation. There, the Reichsmarschall tasks me to: "Make preparations in organizational, factual and material terms for a comprehensive solution to Europe's Jewish Question."

• Reinhard Heydrich : I state, also with regard to Reichsmarschall Göring's letter, that from now on the leadership of the final solution of the Jewish Question, regardless of geographical boundaries, lies with Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, and with his authorization with the head of the Reich Security Main Office, that is, my humble person.

• Reinhard Heydrich : This is the right time for a Final Solution to the Jewish Question. Later generations will lack the power of action and the awakened instinct. What for us is a burden becomes for our descendants an advantage and a happiness.

• Reinhard Heydrich : Some who have just enthusiastically advocated the final solution become completely silent when they actually see the Final Solution.

  Heinrich Müller : The Reichsführer-SS, if I may interject, witnessed a shooting himself and immediately gave orders to find a more humane method.

  Martin Luther : More humane? For our men, then?

  Heinrich Müller : Of course.

• Reinhard Heydrich : I promised that after our meeting you would understand that we can answer any questions associated with the Final Solution. Obersturmbannführer.

  Adolf Eichmann : Behind the front line or where rail transport would be too expensive we can't do without shooting. But for the Final Solution, the method is too ineffective and also negatively affects the effectiveness of our men. The other methods, which are more effective and less mentally taxing are based on findings from the euthanasia program at Zentraldienststelle T4.

• Dr. Josef Bühler : Have I understood the matter correctly? So we are no longer just talking about the national Jews? Do the new plans apply to all of Europe?

  Reinhard Heydrich : That's right. The Jewish Question can only be considered solved after a total biological cleansing of all Jewry up to the Ural Mountains.

• Martin Luther : On the whole, we must have full access to all Jews of all nationalities, provided they are within our sphere of interest. The time for international considerations is over.

  Reinhard Heydrich : So true.

• Reinhard Heydrich : A brief retrospective: Since 1933, we have waged a battle against Judaism and ruthlessly repressed the Jews from German society. The Jewish race is recognized as foreign to the body of the German people, thanks, among other things, to the actions of the Central Agency for Race and Settlement. The Jewish Laws have made the harmful influence of the Jews on our community practically impossible.

• Reinhard Heydrich : With the goal of clearing the Jews out of German social life by legal we have had a large number of Jews emigrate. Obersturmbannführer.

  Adolf Eichmann : So far it is around 537,000.

• Dr. Rudolf Lange : The commander of Task Force A, Brigadeführer Stahlecker, as well as Higher SS and Police Commander in the East, Obergruppenführer Jeckeln, has authorized me to inform you: Estonia is free of Jews. Lithuania and Latvia, apart from a few remaining working Jews, are also free.

  Reinhard Heydrich : H: What can I say? Good news.

• Reinhard Heydrich : And now we turn our attention to what I like to call "the opportunities in the East". In the East, thanks to the work of our task forces, we have about half a million Jews who have received special treatment. We have gained experience that will be important for the final solution.

• Reinhard Heydrich : Let's try to simplify things as much as possible.

  Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart : In that case, I suggest sterilization.

  Reinhard Heydrich : Sterilization? How should I understand it?

  Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart : Forced sterilization of all mixed-race Jews, without exception. Cheaper than deportation and absolutely sufficient from a racial hygiene point of view.

• Adolf Eichmann : According to Höss, last year's gassing of 900 Russian prisoners of war was extremely successful.

  Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart : What will it be then? Carbon monoxide or hydrocyanic acid?

  Adolf Eichmann : Höss is very convinced of his method. It is still a thought experiment, but it would be possible to transform Auschwitz, from Russians to Jews.

  Reinhard Heydrich : I intend to propose to the Reichsführer-SS that we move forward on all tracks. Competition stimulates business.

  [some laughter]