As the fifteen men settled into their seats, the conversation didn't begin with hatred or shouting. Instead, it began with administrative petty grievances. There were civil servants from the Ministry of Justice, representatives from the Four Year Plan, and hardline SS officers, all sniping at one another over jurisdictional boundaries. They argued about who had the authority to move "cargo" and which department's budget would cover the costs of transportation.
: Based on the concept popularized by Hannah Arendt, the film portrays the perpetrators not as raving lunatics, but as ordinary bureaucrats doing their "jobs." The Conference (2022)
The horror of the meeting lay in its language. The men spoke in euphemisms, discussing the "evacuation" of millions as if they were clearing a warehouse of old stock. When the "Jewish Question" was finally addressed, the debate wasn't about the morality of murder, but the "humanity" of the method—not for the victims, but for the executioners. They worried about the psychological toll on the soldiers who had to perform mass shootings and sought a more "efficient" and "clinical" solution. As the fifteen men settled into their seats,
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💡 : There is also a 2023 Swedish slasher-comedy titled The Conference on Netflix about a corporate retreat gone wrong. If you were looking for a story about that film instead, let me know!