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The German version of the film is called "The Wannsee Conference". Germans being studious record keepers, much of the dialogue is straight from the minutes of the actual meeting.

I watched it again a while back and was struck by the sheer banality of the administrative planning for mass murder. (Boy, did Ms. Arendt get that one right!)

The most interesting choice the producers made was the character of the stenographer. A pert, efficient gal-Friday who occasionally interrupts the proceedings to ask for clarification. At one point, one of the more earthy Nazis goes on an obscenity-laden tirade, much to the displeasure of Reinhard Heydrich. One does not use such language in the presence of a young lady!

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Said Trump's supporters: "I do Nazi, but I Wannsee."

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2 marks: 1.5 for Crude, 0.5 for Effective.

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One has to be principled when one is planning the most efficient mass murder, after all.

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