The future of the notorious villa at Wannsee, in Berlin, where Nazi leaders decided the “final solution” of the Jewish question, is under consideration by the Government, but no decision has been announced, A suggestion that the building be converted into an international archive on the Nazi era has been advanced by the anti-Nazi playwright, Rolf Hochhuth, former Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, now Foreign Minister, and by various Jewish groups. The Wannsee house is now being used as a children’s recreation center.
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