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January 21, 1943 The Jewish Refugee Deception of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

RooseveltIn a cable of January 21, 1943 (# 482) relayed a message from Riegner and Lichteim which Harrison stated was for the information of the Under Secretary of State and was to be transmitted to Rabbi Stephen Wise if the Under Secretary should so determine.

This message described a horrible situation concerning the plight of Jews in Europe. It reported mass executions of Jews in Poland; according to one source 6,000 Jews were being killed daily; the Jews were required before execution to strip themselves of all their clothing which was then sent to Germany; the remaining Jews in Poland were confined to ghettos, etc.; in Germany deportations were continuing; many Jews were in hiding and there had been many cases of suicide; Jews were being deprived of rationed foodstuffs; no Jews would be left in Prague or Berlin by the end of March, etc.; and in Rumania 130,000 Jews were deported to Transnistria; about 60,000 had already died and the remaining 70,000 were starving; living conditions were indescribable; Jews were deprived of all their money, foodstuffs and possessions; they were housed in deserted cellars, and occasionally twenty to thirty people slept on the floor of one unheated room; disease was prevalent, particularly fever; urgent assistance was needed.

Source: Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Treasrep.html; pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/somereport.html

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