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Date Posted: 19:55:12 05/29/02 Wed
Author: schwabra
Subject: What American Jews Knew of Holocaust

I have the text of the first telegram about the atrocities of the Holocaust to the American Jews in front of me (the actual telegram is here at the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati). It is dated 8/29/42 from Samuel Silverman, to Stehen Wise.

"Have received through foreign office following message from Riegner Geneva STOP Received alarming report that in Fuhrer's Headquarters plan discussed and under consideration all Jews in countires occupied or controlled Germany number 3 1/2 to 4 million should after deportation and concentration in east at one blow exterminated to resolve once and for all Jewish question in Europe. STOP Action reported planned for Autumn methods under discussion including prussic acid STOP we transmit information with all necessary reservation as exactitude cannot be confirmed STOP Informant stated to have close connexions with highest Germen authorities and his reports generally reliable STOP Inform and consult NEWYORK STOP Foreign office as no information bearing on or confirming story. Samuel Silverman."

This text shows the information was still doubted here (at least a little) in August of 1942.

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Attempts at knowledge and confirmation -- schwabra, 20:12:00 05/29/02 Wed
Attempts at knowledge and confirmation -- schwabra, 20:12:26 05/29/02 Wed
That's depressing -- Drummond, 23:15:07 05/29/02 Wed