The Conference (2022 TV Movie)

Johannes Allmayer: Adolf Eichmann

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• 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.

• Adolf Eichmann : I have witnessed executions in the East and the use of the special carriages in Kulmhof, and I'm not ashamed to say that both make me sick. But the stationary facilities enable a structured division of labor. The person concerned and the person carrying out the process barely come into contact. No closeness and nothing to arouse pity. I and all the experts involved are convinced: This enables a pleasant technical, efficient and anonymous process. Our men can do it in an extremely detached manner.

• Adolf Eichmann : There are no technical obstacles to building airtight chambers for a thousand people. In Auschwitz there is room for several chambers, so that we can always manage a fully loaded train in one round. The process can of course be repeated several times a day.

• 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. Wilhelm Stuckart : But the sight of all the corpses, the transport to the ovens...

  Adolf Eichmann : It is carried out by working Jews, who later also receive Special Treatment.

  Heinrich Müller : Elegant.

• 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] 

• Dr. Josef Bühler : How can we imagine these processes in detail?

  Adolf Eichmann : As I said, the Jews come to the facilities by train. They are then sorted according to work ability and hand over their possessions. Under the guise of disinfection, they are then led to airtight gas chambers. The active substance is supplied from outside. The process itself, if performed correctly, is completed in ten to fifteen minutes. This is followed by ventilation of the chamber, removal and disposal. We plan combustion in highly efficient furnaces. In Auschwitz, models are already being built by Topf & Söhne, although of course we have to expand capacity significantly.

  Dr. Josef Bühler : From train to gas? So there is no need for housing? Extremely effective!