The Congress of Warsaw was held at the Koniecpolski Palace, the home of King Karol II, in Warsaw, Poland, from July 17 to August 2 1945. Participants were Germany, Japan, and Egypt. The three nations were represented by Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and King Farouk I. Hitler, Tojo, and Farouk I gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Communist Russia and Serbia, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier, on May 8. The goals of the conference also included the establishment of post-war order, peace treaties issues, and countering the effects of war and the territories of a collapsed Austria-Hungary.