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Please find stamp enclosed for poa tage • · Thank you.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICES November.25, 1944.
War Refugee Board, Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs:
The Jewish Telegraphis News of November 26 mentions a sixty-page report released by the War Refugee Board - EXTERMINATION OF MILLIONS OF JEWS IN NAZI CAMPS (Auachwi tz and Birkenau) • If copies of this report are available, will you be good enough to send one· to -
Mr. Walter Rothschild 422 Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York Thank·you.
Very truly yours.., :Jc(.~ H. Ztfnreid tJ - .· , .... _;.,
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11 ~ece~b~r 19.4~ · · WAR REFUGEE BOARD lVASHINGTON,D.C.
Dear .Sir:
.Will you kindly forward to me your 6Q. page " Report on .Atroci- -. . -- . --·~· - ' . ties" oonirJit"'ed by Germana of Jews in the ,prison camps .of Birk:enau and Auschwitz.
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\)~ o-O ~~ ~ Q.__ ~·-.~-~·-_~-'-'-1-~:__~~-'--- ~ -- - ~-~-~-~-~~. a+~~- q__~ ~~~. l ~--~ o· -~-().,-~ -_ '1'"6 7 ~-.I~ <;,,.~. ~~;er.-- i ·I : I l~.5 Park' $treet, Bluefield, Weat-Virg~nia, November ;a6, 1944 Plemfe send copy of report of German cr1ielty in Europe. j i Yours· truly, I . /.JJ • ,CL.~M J j lt; .p ! IV, G. Young • I .·• I ! •-- .,----ck :c--· --. ----··--~--'. ' ·'-----~--~' 1 1 l(m .. ..01to toCJ N i)1~)1'5to!j~tuJC 111 i)ltu.1' '"l ,21 vil$•·1•l ,01!1 11Do123 llo11n 535 Q YIDDISH SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTLYIVO ·.. Tel. ~p,demy 2~o;po· ;,on 535 WEST 123an STREET, NEW YORK 21; N;· Y. . . Cable Add~~: ~Difu~,lHP YIVO, NEW, YORK . . 1ijbp,1>1 JlY~~5HIVIO'n Jili ijil'J : December 31, 1944 OFFICE OF.THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR. Vfar Refugee Board Washington, D.C. Gentiil11en1 Would you be good enough to send us for .our library a oopy of' the report of'. the two death-oampa iri ·Poland, . Oswieoim and Brzeznica? '.!hank you i'or your courtesy. Very tr>.1ly yours, · .. ~·~~ Luoy Jhildkret ...... Seoretary to the Researoh Director ls/mn j .· --·I~'· W ... _ITERS' WAR no"A. .. ,,J:) REX STOUT, Chairman FRANKLIN' P, ADAMS 122 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW Yi>RK,J7, N. y; CARL CARMER Russu C~Ol!IE TeJ:_phone, Murray Hill 3~6800 CLIFTON FADWAN PAUI. GALuco · /ACK Goon"L\N S.U.IUEL GRAFTON ALAN GREEN OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, 2nd RITA HALLE KLEEMAN CHRISTOPHER L\ FAROE ROBERT J, l..uroRY November 28, jg.g4 MARGARET LEECH JOHN p. MARQUAND HODE MORRISON } F.AN ELLIS POLEITI KATHARINE SEYMOUR WILLIAM L. Smrum - Lunn S1ucox Mr. John W. Pehle FREDERICA BARA.ca, Executive Director ExecuJive Secretary War RefU&ee :Board Advisory Council Department of the Treasuiy_Bldg. Room 288! ... LOUIS AD.\l>UC Washington, D.C. FREDERICK Lnwzs ALLEN FAITH BALDWIN MARGARET CULKIN BANNING WILLIAM: RosB BENtT Dear Mr. Pehle: ROARK IlRADFORD . . LOUIS BROMFIELD v AN WYCK BROOKS The Writers,..'War B_oard has :read, with m.uch CEaL BROWN IV.THARINB Bausu SIDNEY BUCHMAN PB..UU. S, DUCK interest of the report on German !1-trooitiee_ issu.~Cl HENRY SEIDEL CANBY J.tu.y ELLEN CHA!ii M.uc CONNELLY NOB.YAN CORWIN by your office. Would;it.be possible for~you-to-.o....;'·i---·"-,-: ·.:~c:-··-~-.--~:c~~~ GEORGE CRB!!L . ·...... A Russau. DAVENPORT forward twenty or preferably twenty-five copies to ,, WALTBB. DAVENPORT BEil.NARD DEVOTO WALTIHl D. EDMONDS l-1._ EDNA FERBER the Writers• War :Board, for the U:Se ·of .the ll!e.rilbers .. DoaorHv CANFmw F1SHn CoR.Bv Foan Rosa FRANKEN of the Boardt LEWIS GANNBTT ]OJfN GUNTHER Lu:GSTON HUGHES FANNIE HuasT Sincerely yours, MARQUIS ]AMES OWEN JOHNSON MAcKJNL\Y KAmoR GEORGE S. KAUFMAN JOHN KIERAN MANUEL Kou:aopp JosEPH Woon KauTCH Frederica Barach How.uo LINDSAY EDNA Sr. VJNCBNT MJLL\Y ·L1a1Bon Officer EDwAnD R. Muuow ROBERT NATHAN Office of War Information. ALI.AN NEVINS CLIFFORD 0DBTS :r.s lhr. EUGENE O'NEILL ROI 0ITLBY DoNALD Cuuoss PBAtTIB FLETCHER Pv.rr HENRY PRJNGLB .MARJORIE KINNAN RAWUNG3 QUENTIN REYNOLDS ELMER RICE MARY ROBERTS RfNBH.UT KBNNBTH ROBERTS ROB£KT ST, JOHN JOHN STEJNB£CK DoNALD OGDEN STBWAJll' P.llANK SULLIVAN DOROTHY 'I'HOJ.fPSON SoPHIB K:eu UNDERWOOD CIJtL VAN DoJlBN MARK VAN DoaaN WALl'l!B. WHrTB . WrL-LIAU L. WmTs: MAJlGAUT WIDDBlfH. THOJlNTON WJLDU - ~c:·'h-1·· ~~-4~. ·.· .Vif<;vv~.~ .. h/~~··~.9. i . I . . -----"--:--·--·-- .. 0-_· ·-r~~ .f\·:·' - _-,, . __ -- i ·. -1 Dear Ur • .GrotJmnan1 'l'his will acknowledge YOUT letter ot Uay· 9, 194!1, requesting three additionnl copies of the report. on Oorman .:...l-- . . -- - - extermination centers at Auschwitz and Birkenau. I regret to advise you that we are unable to oomply With your req11eet as our supply is exhausted. Very truly .Yours; ·Florence Hodel Aotin1~ Executive rn.rector l.!r. Kurt R. Grossman, World Jowi.sh Congrese, 1831. Broadway, !Jew York 23, Now York. ~ (iil6 RBH:inp · 5/11/45 r WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS CONGRES JUIF MONDIAL CONGRESO JUDIO M:IJNDIAL 1834 BROADWAY NEW YORK, 23, N. Y. .- . - LONDON 55 New Cavendish St, W 1 CABt£s'.: -~:O~G~~~· ~~--YORK ; Tp.E•aoi;'iu· CIHci.ii 6 • 1900 - GENEVA 37 Quai Wilson BUENOS AIRES Corricntes 2024-9C May .9, 1945 JERUSALEM Vnad Leumi P. 0. B. 471 Mr. Paul McCormick MONTREAL War Refugee Board ll21 St, Catherine St. W Treasury Building MEXICO CITY Washington, D. C. Sonora 174-4 Dear Mr. McCormick: ··-i. May I. prevail upon you to 'send met Three - additional copie,;i of your __report on the exte:ajiina,.. tion camps in Oswiecim, Birkenau, etc. which you published.some months ago. I would be most grateful for this favor, ...... 3., --:-:- - DECiUMt Dear !.'.rs. Maier r I have your letter of December 14, 1944, reqileattng six copies · ot the report on German extermination centerlil at Auschwitz and Birkenau, I regret to advise you that, becauae our supply is ---- limited, we are able to send you only_J _c~pie13_ of_'l;Jw.~poH. ___ --c-· -'·-·-·---:--•c-'---. -j' ·' Very truly yours, tl!«nod) J. 1. Pel:ilt J. VI. Pehle Executive Director Mrs. E. ltaier, Recorder, ~fn!:f~~Y~ongreas, New York 23, New York. Enclosures, f~ /{ZfhBHutchison:inp 12/16/44 ~). ,• (' woRLn ·1Ew1sH: coN-l1RJ~·$.si.- .. CONG RES JuIF MONDIAL • . CONGRESO JUDIO MtiNi)L\L .. . . ·-· -· -. ' . -.~ 1834· BRO.ADWAY . NEW YORK, '23, .• N; Y. LONDON 55 New Cavendish Sr, W l cis~; ~~~~·/~~ Y~~. t. TELEPH. Please be' kind enough to sendu~ six copies of your sixty page report on German Atrocities. Thanking you-ror giving ThiS'eiatter-c - your .attehtion, I remaitt; -: . . sincerely yours, . -".g_,·Wltzrbt .. i. {Mrs.) JS. Maier, Recorder EM:ml . ' .. WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS CONGRES JUIF MONDIAL CONGREso· JunIO.MUIVDIAL · 1834 BROADWAY LOND"ON NEW YORK,·· 23, N. Y, 55 New Cavendish St, W 1 GENEVA c.U:1.!S: C~i The War Refugee Board Treasury Building · Washington, D, c, Gentlemen: Please be kind enough to send us tbl-ee · copies o:t' .Your sixty pa~e report on German Atrocities, '.['hanking you for givirig this mat.ter youl' attention,.r remaiD:: Sinoerelyyours, ~t. 1$~'-~l-· ·•··. . (Mrs:) E. Maier, Recorder 3-:M:ml ISIDORE WOLSK ATTORNEY .AT LAW 32 a·ROADWAY NEW YORK - DIGBY 4~92!52 f. ; December 19, 1944 War Re.f'ugee Board Washington, D.a. Gentlemen: I would appreciate it i.f you would .forward to me copy o:f report you have prep~red on the extermination by Germans of Jews in Germany.,tlv. Ill: IF "'"'881 LOUIS _WITT . DAYTON, OHIO January 12, 1945, War rtefugae Board, ilesnington, D, C, -.ttention, Mr, John- VI, Pehle i Executive Director. Centlemen: I I I i \'/ill you please send fll:e. y_~~pamp_ll].._~, ___ _ I ·--.-· -_ --'------.------. -_-· ---~~r on atrocities in Sxtermint1tion Camps? Kindly l, l include the bill end I will remit at once, Thanking you in advance, I .um Sincerely, 1- ;,__,,- I I··· I l ...· . ·!·· _. iI I . I I fI ·- . I I· J . I I I I I ·1 Il ~--i , t i !· DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD Rev. A. L. Roach Rev. J. W. Hoffert C. F. Jacobs . J, A. Eada '!Cb«rcb of ~be ~1natcrre. ~illWuri ~i11trid ' ...... •.•.· .. · . . .. T. W. WILLINGHAM, Bapt, . . .· ~158 .llAPLE AVBNuE TELEPHONE, STe~Ui:ig 6187. -. . . MAPLEWOOD 17, lllB·B~URI ·------· ---- ·-- ~------:-~:--~~~~~-~-:-::-:-- --::~.:..:___:j_:-r.~~::-::·~:-~--~- ~·, --- o •••-·~·~--~ • • R/F. !\~r B~~- 2:.~,. <. -. :)~i~~iga11.:~.it~&_~'-~i~~-:~:f . •. - . ...,.. -:_~.u.J~1~ ... ~... - ;,~"?-::·r.... - __ ,/- DS'f,tl'; ~l''•; "ecl'~~}t!l:tt.~ --- ..... ,.. ,,.,!:t: _1:1 ,';.\ ·.-: • ~ •• - • •• - ,• - -:. - ... Please have '(Jlr:Lok- s'chw~~-~z J\,iail. _report of the RefUgee BQ~l'd. r.0leasad papers ••. ·-- - ' .: /·. ·: -- I ! - ti!'~ ~r 4~¢ ff~Jf?.,, ' 7,/.C . A0r fu:, Y~c17~~~9· k>. 7:F'f;~~ ~ F~Yi. ~· ~ ·,,fYc,;;· i.,'; ~~cl~ ~ ~~ . ~ ~1.~ /f_Ccr~ JAN 8 1945 Dear Mr. Wiener 1 I have your letter of January 3, 1945, requesting ten copies of the report on the German extel'lllination cente~s at Auschwitz and Birke.1111u. I regret to advise you that because our supply is limited we are able to send-yh only five.copies of the report. - r Very truly youre; J, W. Pehle Executive Director Mr. Alfred Wiener, 111 West 46th Street, New York, 19, New York. inolosures. RBHutchison: 1/6/45 __ ------~-j .._____,,,·- _ ALFRED WIENER- - - ··- -- 111 _W_EST .46TH '"STREET NEW.YORK,ie; N."v·. 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' •, '',/ l / ~·.Cf'-'-~-c--. ~--'------.. ___ _:______~-'---'------~-- a·~~.309-c,t~w};: . J __:.'~J . :i:I . -- ._ JAN 8. ·1945 .· ..,:- Dear Mies Vlhi tmani I have your letter of December 28, 1944; requesting four copies of the report on the G~rman e:xtermination centers at Aueohwi tz and Birkenau. · I regret to inform you that because of our limited supply we are able to send you only two copies of the report. Very truly yours, J. w. Pehle E:xeCu.tive Direot<>r Mies Ann Whitman, Secretary, World Jewish Congress, 18.34 Broadway, New York, 2.3, llew Enoloeures. RBHutchison:· l/6/45 ' ---~---·'--- WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS CONGRES JUIF MONDIAL CONGRESO JUDIO MUNDlAL·; 1834 BROADWAY NEW YORK, 23, N. 'Y:'· . . - . . ~:= LONDON . cAeiES:· CoNGaESs; ·NE,l-i.~aK. 55 New Covendish St., W 1 December 28th, 1944 • ·Tit••ii~,;.; .c1ai:i.i 6 ; Iiioo GENEVA 37 Quoi Wilson BUENOS AIRES Corrientes 1979 JERUSALEM Vaad Leumi P. 0. D, 471 MONTREAL 1121 St. Catherine St. W MEXICO CITY Sonora 1744 Wa.r Refugee Board Treasury Building Washington, D.C. Ge ntleiren: I. shpuld very much appreciate your sending· me four copies of the sixty page. report on German At.roe i ties in AU.sc}\wi tz Birkenau. Thank you for your.cooperation. r. Sincerely yours, ! ·cz,,,_PL/ ·~~· . .. Ami Whitl)JBn; Secretary Maurice L. Perlzweig, Head, Political Dept~ " ·-·' ~ ;. 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Post of Saturday, "ecernber 2nd, 1944, dealing with. German atrocities in Poland, to: Henry t•endriner 83-57 ll8th ::>tri-M- Kew-Gardens,. L.r.1· .. Your early attention to this request Will be: appreciated, Hti:rm ; >.·· ; ;' ·.. t .. ~· . ·L . i·. !r L j .. lI . L· I I l + . I ~.: ~-·· :j .•. I J~.~.·. i I Vj'J't 132.1 - 3rdJ v·E. -~ NEW YORK, N. Vo' l ·'. - ___ _:: ~-".· - . 1/18/45 Gentlemeni . ·' - I ani most intereirtec:l in reading your report on ' Nazi atrocities• and would greatly appreoiE(te your ·sending c · me a copy at the following address1 · · Miss Betty Weisberg 1841 Marmion Avenue Bronx 60• ,N. Y~· Thanking you for your prompt attention. ·Simerely 1oure. ~~?:._ ~s~ MJ1~tj '------~-----;Y~/«"fL'I" - ----: .. -:-:---~- --:-----~--~::;:. - ------o-____ - --- - .. ':\i\/E1Nscf;E:L~·- 3i;5 EAST 21st STR~ET . BROOllLYtJ; N. Y. //v_FJR :·Rf.-F.U'c~jf£ h.lR- s_~/liv v- To1v >]),c.c·. 1 ~- bJIJA/~ ~ __, ~ Jke.~- ~~: ------~--'-- . :· ,.·-.·. ,~---~--·-·------,.-~·-. -.---;-·. -, !-, Dear Mr. Weill• The Superintendent ot Doownents of the Government Printing Office has referred to me your request tor 5.000 copies of' the two eye-witness reports on the German concen tration camps at Auaohwita and Bµoken,au. I resret to inform you that because of' our limited supply we are unable to furnish you with that 11U111ber •. Hoirever, I am enclosing with thi& letter five copies ot the report. ·If you desire to reproduce this report we have qo ob.f eot1on to · your doing so. ·· · · · · Very truq yours, fMNWM'r r. 97.,,l!'ill J. w. Pehle Exeoutlve Director Mr. Pierre-Amre Weill,·- I Secret&.ryaeneraJ.,----'------c----_ -. ------ The Fighting French COIDlllittee in America, 287 Fifth AV&DU8 1 New York, 17, New York. Enclo&ures. {# ~Hutchison: 12/11/44 i; p;r FROMi MR'. 'sa;m(),-a OFF:[CEj ~ T01 HODEL ' ·· .. ··. ·- '• . J~ss··-·-·~- ... ~ .... "." ...... __ "*";"_• ...... ~ .z:~/?>'""'_-· ...... : ... ; ·. -> -· . - ~ . , . r believe yciµ handle these written reqt!~xta .. ·.. for copies ..of' the report.: ·s···.o far. '.'1e.· .. h. ave\~.-.i-'v'.e n · 'd.; ~ ~.un"e. mmoo···r,• e ·;th.aain. ·.·.:. lq .c.o1pijls. ·• .~. O.:U.·.··... · ~~/.-~.·-·• 7~. ~11<:-r_··. ti'!- ~- 7\.;Vu~ ;;; l'?i:::"r..u::tc .- '- ·· _ :· · ·. See attached to Ir,r • .Peh:ie reg!l.:r-ding the order f'rom the French which as'ked the to you. r GPO to toi-Warc} I ~; J I I J ·j ' -1-l _l '\ - -- ~ .· ------""""' Assoc.fated wit.b ibe ~roviSi_QrfaJ Govcnimeht of· 'he French Republic· Exec11Jive Offices: 587 Pijth Avenne, New York 17, N. Y.; Mr. Eugene ], Houdry Honorary National Pu.siJe111 Prof, Henri Laugier Mr. Henry Ronnet Honorary Erecult've Vt'ce 0 PreJide11ts Chaplain Mnrcel ], Brun Mrs. Henri Focillon 1\Iajor Henri Lnussucq Mr. Robert Valeur Major Paul Weill Ho11orary Vfre-Preslde11ts OPPICEHS AND DOA.RD OF DIIU!CTORS Mr. Richard de Rochernont Natfonal Pres;de11l · M<. Jules Jeancl ~:-' ...... ,-, ~Ak~~··0-J. ~--_.. · .. · ·. · .. · ·\"'.· .-.~~~~- ·. )!;• ~~/~ ~---./".,.,....•• E/. -~~-- .¥~/?4~' #. · ·~~/s~ %9"'-. : ..- - -- ·------___ ,__ ------.~------'------.c.-'. ' 1 ' .. r ·. Honorary President ... ALBERT EINSTEIN President SHOLEMASCH Chairman ' - B. Z. GOLDBERG 8%ecutive Secretary ESTHER TREBACH Gent 1err.en: JEWISH BLACK BOOK COMMITTEE Vlil 1 you ldndly senil us a copy of> ~he ~uh1ted Sponsoring Organizatio'ns /. / ' ·· ..··· ,' .. .-_i WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS States War Refugee Board report 'ori Birchenau and . I JEWISH ANTI-FASCIST COMMITTEE, USSR which you iss.ued in November i 1944?. i AAD LEUMI, PALESTINE I v I ahd Vie need this report in preparatibn of 1 AMtruCAN COMMITTEE OF JEWISH : . -. ·. ., ··. -:. -, \-~·: i WRITERS, ARTISTS & SCIENTISTS, ll'(c. Black Book which we arecpublishing this 'sµinmer:-:, ,,.,i \i Thanking y~U: in advance, 1 JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ' p; Co-Chairmen B. z. GOLDBERO Very•. trUiy yo~s; . RABeI l\Lwruo; PEiu.zwEio JOSEPH BR.AININ Da. NAHUM GOLDMANN ~··~.· • De. RAPHAEL MAHLER ·/ '' ''. RUBIN SALTZMAN Da. HENRI SINDEa Ursula. Was~er~n BARUCH ZUCKERMAN Executiye ·Ed{toi- United States War Refugee Board Washington, D. c. uopwa- 1-sgg WASHINGTON NEWS DIGES'J'. WOODWARJ) BU:CLDXNG WASmNGTON, D. o. wove ;her 27 1944 Mr. John w. Pehle, War ):ef'ugee Board Washington, D, c. Decir Mr. Pehle: Will you send me a copy of' the indictment against the gross brutality of' the Germans· which we might use in ci;i.gest f'orm to awaken the American people to the way they have treated human beings? Please· mail it to WASHINGTON .NEWS DIGEST New Jersey Bureau 51 Clinton Street Newark, 2, N;· J, · Sir;J~ w711dOn, Editorial --\ -- J .' ~ ~ RABBI JOSEPH WARREN TEMPLE BETIMiL LOWELL. MASSACHUSEITS fl:c. j 1cv$~ . I. 7 . . t'i.- ·- j . i I ) j. i I -r .. i. d,t-~ w1~r· I ~~~~-~ ~J.~~/ ~.a~f~·r -1~ 7·tJ·~·.·... .~-~ ."( j0r~-·~ rr~~··~? /;;;i~ ,. : l~ d~ ! II ii . ii ,; ~~F--- ' --- -- ~---= -_-. _ 11··· - ~SHL~No-·4~607~ :J~e Jewid~ !J.nformalion IJureau . .!1:, . 10:3 PARK AVENUE . NEW YORK December il, 1944 John W, Pehle, Director, War Refugee ]IJIU'd, I Washington, D, O. I i Dear Sir: ' We should be th8.nkful to you for supplying. 1 I us With three copies of your recent report . on ! the extermination of·Jewsin the European >ra:r -I t. 1>:ones. i With appreciatfon of your oolirtesy; I am, I ~ ii Yours respectfully, r l ~~~~ ! Seoret!iry } - . :.:.-·:_:__ DEC 1 1944 Dear Mr. Ward : Ao requested in your lett~r of November 26, 1944, I am enclosing two copies of the two eye-witness reports on the German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Dirkenau. The Board has no objection to any reprinting of the account in whole or in part. Very truly yours, un~edl i. 'I. hhlo J. w. Pehle Executive Director f!tr. Harold Ward, 129 East Tenth Street, New York, New York. Enclosures. - -J:, l-!- -- :\1_ -129 EAST TENTH STREET NEW YORK •CITY ·~·;~~'[ lfovember 26 • 1944. The ]'far Refugee Board. -.. _~> .- Ylo.shirygton, D, C, Gentlemen: Hith reference to the eyewitness reporta ·on ·the German atro cities at Birkenau and Osvrieoim: just issued by the~Board- and reprinted - in part - in this morning' a~~ Times: - ~lay I respectfully request that a copy of the full report be· sent to me at your earliest convenience? The material inoiuded-in this_ courageous and truly significant document is something which I cannot afford to miss, and there is a strong Hkelhihood that I will be.,.\.in a position to give extensive circulation to_ t_he facts which it contains in connection with a book_ I am now editing. for• a Nevr. York publishe_r .~ · li!n I correct in assuming that reprinting - in who~e or in' par:!; • of this report (or other similar ones which you may be able to_ send me} will be permitted: with, of course, due credit given to your agency? · From the wording in the Times• account I infer that such reprinting . would be welcomed as a meiUiii"""of promoting• greater understand.ing by .Afneri- __ _ cans of the horrible conditions prevailing in the lands subjugated by.- Nazi Germany. If DTlf plans work out, I think I may be a.ble to focorpcr..: a.ta many of your findings as part of ... book designed for vtid9 ..: !Uld. per- manent - sale. · - · - · - · - · · ., ·. Trusting that.I may shortly hear from you and receive e, copy (2 copies; if possible J) of the aboye report, together with any other material that may further inform me of your valuable activities, I am, Harold Warci. WHITEHALL 3-6437 ERIC M.WARBURG .. INC. 52 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK 5, N.Y. November 27th, 1944 War Refugee Board Washington 25, D.C. Gentlemen: Would you kindly send us ~ copies o:f' your report on "'.A.troci ties in German Concentration Camp13." Thanking you :f'or your kind attention, we,remain Very trUJ.y yours, ~.. -.-1fARBt1R.. G~ INC. Cf~. [!.~·ff HM:C 1· LAW OFF.ICES fle ~t"apnei• 215 WEST FIFTH STREET LOS ANGE~ES MICHIGAN 6373 November 27, 1944 \'iar Refugee Board iiaahington, D. c. Gentlemen: I will appreciate if you. were to mail me a copy of the report concerning Bu.ropean War refugees. If there is any charge, please bill me 'and I will· remit at once. 3828 N.Chesterbrook Rd, Arlington, Virginia December -5, -1944'; WAR REFUGEE BOARD Washington, D. c. Dear Sir: I would appreciate it very much if you couid -_·-1 send me a mimeographed copy of the report of the mass extennination of Jewish men, women and children in prison camps in Southwestern Poland, This report was . mentioned in the EVENING STAR of December Jrd in Lowell Mellett1 s column, "On the Other Hand"• Very truly yours, , /.. . '/11~-t~a-~. Marie E. Wallace ~fm jnxl I . ,L __ _ ,1- I ··•l r ------'- --,.--- , . ~rtow ~ ~i9r:id~ · 4: Deciembef 1941~ Gentlex,1en$ :t{ . " ... · ,. mass exterminntion by the. Gerlllf\ns ·of' Eui·opes~·- Jew.a) ~a re'pqrted!in . ,·. Lowell Mellett column of Decetnber 3, 191.14~ . -. ~ . I --f ----~- - --"-·---'----·----'------·· - MITCHELL W.AC.HTEL ·:l..t COUNSELLO'R AT~ LAW 22 EAST 1?TH STRE:ET. NEW YORK ALGONQUIN 4-5566 •-~-~}',: .· ... . • ·· 1··- .. ,· -~·--/ I l War Refugee Committee Washington, D. c • . Gentlemen: I. i i I am interested in reoeivi_ng your leaflet on _,the. mass -! _t--1 exterminations. of Barkenau and AWichwitz ,in Pola114~ ' Alo/ courtesy you may .extend• will be. greatly apprecia'teci. very. truly yours.0 ..· ._ . _ - ·. ·. ·.; ·.···. · ..· ·. ..----. ':4r~44~W nk Mitcheli vk;chtel · PHONE. LOCUST 2.1911 . . .. R • B . VA U ~ HA N 270 ARDEN Roi\i:i PITTSBURGH 16'; PA .· - - . ·_ ~ 15(:/...;~jc: ·~.~;!~ - . - . .. --._-- .•.= •. - .•.. .. --=.- .._· ~: .. -~) _-._--_-.~----.--_-.. ~ ....-~_·_'._-_··.~, ·. c .. - .••.• - •·. ~~ ·. .. _, -.... -~ \- r--- •.·- ) / .. ··--.. · .. ·· .. --- ..·.· .. ..·... ·.···· ... .. ~·.··>~······· n/-,/~··~.·.··.·········.1···•·.···~ /~ · 12. _ · (},; .. .··· .· .· .. ; .··.•.. ~.- .·.··... d ...· . .. ·n d~·.-.·. Af /.f~- z!t7. ;./~· .. [· ...... •. - . ·- . ~(·-1 . --vtA- ~--... -.. - .. ' ..-·: :./··-.~~ - I ·-r-.-.·-·-- .....·· .. - ... - ; . ·.( I~ ~~cl.--.--= :,,, . "- J~ I. ;~J~_~1 . d .. · -""7' I d~·~.·.11 :2 f' / t, .. ·..· .. _)9, /J. .,.#;.. -... ·· .. i·'···· - ~-·~-. ·> .. ~A~d c~ ·~/,fo5«1. .l· .,j· ) j .·~·-· -' ~ .;.:z. ._,..:-. _-- \ . ,·. · 1,710 Braemar DriVe · · Plevelafjd, ll_, · The War Refugee Board Washington, D. c. Gf!ntleizien: . . In accordance with the· article w:r"itten' by IniJeil Mellett, which appeared in the Cleveland News on sa:turday 2 December, it is requested that one (1) copy of the siXty;1 . page report which w.as recently released. by your Board- to the ., public regarding the mass extermillf!.tion by'the Germans of<'' 4 Jewish men, women and ·children. in prison campa ·at Birkenau c and Auschwitz in southwestern Po'.!.and, be fci?"'8rded to me •. The report ~esiTed is .the one which w.as sponsored.by. ur·•. Roswell D. McClelland.· · . ·.. . . ' . ' .·...... - . -- . Ji.ny ch~~ges -~onnecte Very t?-uiy ,Ours,· ·JOHN VANDER PLOEG •• v-•-••• --··•~ --•··---·------··-----• "• ------·--· ,,._- • > THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA nm UNIVEltSiTY LlBRARIES ·-LINCOLN 's,: NEBRASKA ·- JAN'i~4!_ w~ should appreciate receiving a_copy <>_f_the publication no\ed'•bi:Jow. •·fo case it is not available -for-free· distfibutiOri, please ~otify,:-\iS ~-0~·.-th,e j>Ci~e-befifre- · .sending. Address to the Documents Dep:artinent; __ •. __ , , -- - _ .~ German exterminn.tion camps:· Atieonwiti,- and- Birkenau 1944 - Q_:w~ ER, - nieritS Pepartment _... Honoraru Pres1'dent LEO WOLFSON • THE UNITED ROUMANIANJEWS Presidsnt of AMERICA CHARLES SONNENREJCH • National Vicc-Presidenta 110 WEST 40th STREE.1',JlEVL YORK 18, _N. Y. MAX SCHONFELD SAMUEL KANTER Telephone LAckawanna · 4-6535 EMIL GELBER MORREY DEUTSCH • Treasurer CHARLES KALMANOWITZ • Deoember 29, 1944 E:eecutivo Secretary SOL ROSMAN • Mr. John W. Pehle, Exea. Direoto• SOL MARCUS War Refugee Board Philadelphia, Pa. Washingt;on, D. SAM FELDMAN c. Youngdown, Ohio WM. LANDO Pitt.burgh, Pa. Deer Mr. Pehle: IRVING SAND ;'f,, Pitt11burgh, Pa. LEON A, BLUM San Franci"sco, Cal. On behalf of the United Roumanien Jews of Ameirca .. A. G. FELDMAN I· wish to tkae this opportunity to express @ur · Chicago, JU. JOSEPH DALE thanks and appreciation for the vaJiuable serviae Glendale, Cal. rendered by the l'la r Refugee Board in the report. MOSES J. REINER Boston, Mall8. aubmitted to the United States Government on Nazi I. FEIGENBAUM Cleveland, Ohio Anti-Jewish a trooities. · · DR. L. E. 5EIGELSTEJN Cleveland, Ohio LOUIS H. ROHRLICK We would be grateful to you to raoeiVe a oopy. df Montreal, Can. this report for our offioe. JAMES ELLMAN Detroit, Mich. NATHAN LAX Detroit, Mich. Sinoerely youl's Administrative Com. DR. PHILIP L. BEREANO DR. ILIE BERGER SR:·TG MARTIN L. BLUM HERMAN BURG * JACK CAPLOWJTZ HARRY D. COHEN• ISIDORE DAVIDSON MORREY DEUTSCH EMIL GELBER JACOB GOODMAN JOSEPH GOTTLIEB PAUL HAYS D. HOFFNER CHARLES KALMONOWITZ SAMUEL KANTER ISJDORE KOERNER MRS. DUEiSIA LIBON ALEXANDER LUNCAN SAM MARCUS SOL MAYERSOHN MRS. ESTHER NEUFELD HARRY ROSENZWEIG SOL. ROSMAN LOUIS SCHLEIFER MAX- SCHONFELD HENRY SCHOSS MAURICE SCHWARTZ MRS. BETH SONNENREICH CHARLES SONNENREICH BENJAMIN STEINBERG BAM WASSERMAN LOUIS WEISS LEO WOLFSON - UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION OFFICE 610 FIFTH AVENUE· New YoR.K, N. Y. CABLE• ALLINF"ORM, NEW YORK CIRCLE 5- 8060 January 26, 1945 Mr, John W. Pehle Executive Director ifar Refugee Board Departmeni; of the Treasury Building Room 288!- · Washington 25, D.o. Dear Mr• Pehle; We should greatly appreeiate receiV:ing favo copies of the following publication, which we i.m:der-;· stand t.:i:s ·available to libraries for riifer.enrie I "purposes; l . . -- -.- ! German Extermination. Camps I Oswlec;tin .. and Birkenau, publishe_d ·by the ExecutiVe Office of the President, War Relief · Board, Yfashington,D~ C,, November 1944, Thahking you ih antipation_ Very· sincerely yours, ~~ill Ph. (Miss) Jo~·e" ;~4:r ~ Librarian ~·. <=-z_-r:.__~ %,, c:I/ ~-Y's--:- .· An agency of:-the governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, China Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Greece, India, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,1 The Philippines, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia; the Danish Legation and the French National Com· mlttee; and the government of the United States of America. '.;I DEC~Hllt Dear !.lr. Roait'lhan • This will acknowledge receipt of your letter.of December 1.3, 1944, requesting six copies of the report ~m German extermination centers at Auschwitz and Birkenau~ I regret to advise you that, because our SUpPly is limited, we are able to send you only two oopiea of t~e report. Very truly yours, Hliwied} 3. '-'· Pe'b1$ · t. w. Pehle Executive Director Mr. Arthur s. Hosichan, Administrative Aasistant, ~~--Jf!!!i'!.~.~. Of Pitt.1t®!'g})., Magee Building, 336 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh 22, Pennsylvania. Enclosyres. ~· ~Bllutchison:inp 12/16/44 Jr:.-1 ~·. JEWISH FUND OF ··' 1'ITTSBPRGH· Maqee Buildinq • 336 FoUrth Avenue • Pittsf)mqh '(22); Penni · · ATiantic 4605 · · . OFFICERS Honorary Pruident December 13~ 1944 Frank R. S. Kaplan Pruidmt CharlesJ. Rosenbloom Vht-Prtsidmt.r Mrs. Edgar L. Hirsh Nathan M. Katz Harry Rice Suretary Robert E. Comins Trta.ruur Ferdinand T. Weil Auistant Trrasrmr Fn:d Gluck War Refugee Board Bxr~utivt Surtfary Washington, D. c, Maurice Tp.ylor BOARD Gentlemen: l\.irs. Louis J. Abrams Samuel Beckerman Harry M. Caplan I have just learned that the ~for Refugee Board has madepubli HONORARY DIRECTORS Rabbi A. M. Ashinsky Dr. Solomon B. Freehof Dr. Herman Hailperin Rabbi Wolf Leiter Rabbi B. A. Licht 1944 BENEFICIARY• ORGAN.IZATIONS REFUGEE AND OVERSEAS: LOCAL: United Jewish Appeal Council Or Jewish Federations a'nd Welfare Funds Joint Distribution Committee Hebrew-Institute Dropsic College , · · · -. · · United Palestine Appeal Jewi11h Public Relations Council Ezra.a Torah National Refugee Service, Inc. Pittsburgh Army and Navy Committee Montefiore Hospital Hirrtadruth. lvrith American Fund for Palestinian lnstitutionS Y.-M. & W. H. A. · Jewish Consumptive and E;rpatieDts ReliCr Association American Ort Federation Jewiab Telegraphic Agency · Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society NATIONAL:' Joint Defense Appeal Hebrew Univenity · American Jewish Committee Jewish Labor Committee American Academy for Jewhb Research B'nai B'rith Anti·D~aination League Vaad Hahatzala Ameriran Association for Jewiah Educe.Hon Youth Aliynb of Hadassah American Jewish Conference Menorah A1sociatiOo .Jewish Social Service Bureau American Jewish Congress National Farm School Tri.State Jewish Welfare Council B'nai B'rlth Wider Scope Committee National Jewish Welfare Board United Employment Service Conference on Jewiah Relations Univcnity in Exile Yiddish Scientific lnatihite -· Dear Mr. Steinglall81 I have your letter or Febl'U!lry l~, 1945, request ing a dozen copies of. the.report on the GfirllW!n e:ittel'lllination centers at Auechwita and Birkenau. · · . . : . . I regret to inform you that becauae or Q\lr llmited supply we are able to send you. only one copy of . the report. However, the Board will interpose no objection it you desire to have additional oopie& made, Very truly yours, Florence. Ilode1 Assist.lint Exealitive Direct.Or f,fr. Meyer F. Stei11glass, Director.of·Pu.bl1c1ty, United J9tlieh Appeal for . . . Refugeee, OVereeae Needs Mad Palestine, 342 Madison AYenue, Hew York 17, New York. Encloliure. \ \ \ W ~RBHutchison:inp 2/17/45 ~ . - , . Rlalitmtl W11b 1bo Pri111J-.,,,,, ·1 W.,.. &liof-·:, . Control. '., Ba•tl,,, - No; '66 UNITED JEWISH .APPEAi. FOR REFUGEES, OVERSEAS NEEDS. AND PALESTINE on behalf of JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE UNITED PALESTINE ·AP~EAL : Niilonal Chairmen: NATIONAL REFUGEE SE~VICi . ··'.:/Rabbi James G. Heller i :.:.;--:=;.William Rosenwald . 84~ MADISO~ ;AVENUE '·4' ·Rabbi Jonah B. Wise . NEW YORK :17; N° ~' •;' VANDER8iLT 6-:1080 P-" i February 15, i945 Information Department War Refugee Board . _I\' as~jl}~_t.on~~D, -2.'-- ... -- --~- -.------'-----'---1--.-i . Gentlemen: .. r I We shall greatly a:ppreciate it if you Will send us · r about a dozen copies of the text of the· report which was issued by the War Refugee Board earliertll.~syear I dealing with Niizi outrages against the Jews arid other I peoples in Europe, . . With mroiy thanks for your coopera.tfon, I am 1 . .1 Sincere11!/ifyyours, · . . cfi~··· ·- .•.•....•..... Meyer F. 8\obg "" Director of Publicity I HFS:GL WILLIAM EMERSON, CHAIRMAN CHARLES R • .JOY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ,:·. Unitarian Service Committee. NEW YORK OFFICE 9 East 46th Street, New York 17, N. Y. PERCIVAL BRUNDAGE CHAIRMAN N. Y. COMMITTEE TELEPHONE PLAZA 8·0470 HENRY E. MULLER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR January B, 1944 Mr, John VI. Pehle War Refugee Board Treasury Department Washington, D.c. r. Thank you so much for the copy of the two eye-witness accounts concerning the German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau,· which you sent me with your letter of Decembe~ 8. May l .ask you whether I can have another' copy of I this report? i\\Y plan is to circulate it among,the I j ! . members of our Committee, who are very much interested ! i' ·in it. i I With my best wiShes to you for a happy new year, your._s,~·.... · .. '··· .· .. · - . , - -.. uller h t Director NATIONAL· HEADQUARTERS: 25 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. °'±'>"•qf- DEC 8 1944- Dear Mr. Miller 1 This will acknowledge your letter of December 2, 1944, requesting a copy of the two eye-witness accounts concerning the German concentration camps at Ausohwitz,and.Birkena.U. I run pleased to send you a copy of the report herewith; and to inform you that a copy was sent to your _Boston headqua'l'tere under date of November 25, 1944. Very truly yours, ~!Si~~edl J. fl. '.Ft'l~1@ J. w~ Pehle Executive Director Mr. Henry E. Miller, Assistant Director, Unitarian Service Committee, 9 East 46th Street, New York 17, New York. Enclosure. r. ~ ~Hutchison:inp J2./6/44 .. - -;--··-. - --· ·- -·~- - .. - : WILLIAM EMERSON, CHAIRMAN CHARLES R. JOY, EXECUTiVE DIRECTOR . ·.·: EDLRD ~. wirr~. TRmu~~~ .Unitarian Service Committee ~EW YORK OFFICE 9 East,46th Street, New York 17, N. Y. PERCIVAL BRUNDAGE TELEPHONE PLAZA 8-0470 . CHAIRMAN N. Y. COMMITTEE HENRY E. MULLER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY December 2, 1944 Mr. John w. Pehle Executive Director War Refugee Board Treasury Department Washington, D.c. Dear Mr. Pehle: From various articles in newspapers I ~derstarid l that the War Refugee Board has published a·2s,ooo word J report on its activities. I am sure: that you have sent -t- a copy of this report to our Boston headquarters bu:t I would like to ask you whether you could send another i copy to this office. · You know that I have been very "i much interested in the work. of the Refugee Board and I would like very much .to read this certainly very .. interesting document. It would also~ circulate among the friends of our Committee here. Thanking you in ant~cipation, and .with best regards, l:i,kiu ~.··: ·:'.'2'°=~.~ ... · . ' .. ><. ,,, h ~:.;r~~er.· Assistant Director · NATIONAL H.EiAD~UARTERSr 215 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. ~v~cz~I ~~~.I ~-~ .. ·-1 ~a~-· ; ------/J-a;;(-~--:g_-c_------ I I EXECUTIVE OFFICES 20 SPADINA ROAD 0FF1c:i:;s IN NE;W_YORK TORQNTO 4. ONT. WASHINGT~Nr ._- o.c~ . ~O~D~f-1 •.. ·Er•fGLAND • In the first detailed report-by_a_Unit~(!_States :c' - -- ·-- . Government Agenoy offering eyewi ~PO - of mass · ·- _ • · · - ·. _ · : . murder-bythe Germa~~~fu~~Boal'~ ma-;e-. __.~-~~------.--_--- -_-__-__ . -_-. --_--- public. ~a~s by three persoi;isc of organized - - ;•. ~t-rOilittea at Eirkenau and Oswiecim. in South-western Poland that transcent the horrors o:t Lublin. - The /~~~ accounts were· vouched for by the WRP· from the NEW YORK TrMFs November 26 i. '-> TO!, ;}.ifui. TOVfLER -~-~~~.~ j-'-•.;;.;o_ _...... ; ...... , ... ~"·7• ... ;.~~--~":'.;;;.."':.... ,.. -;.-~~:::_-~_.... :-, ---.. ,,'f.;: ·: ·~c~. ·_ - ::~-:-:- .: ...... ca::ni{ •-, · ., ·;·::}7;- • ______c_~i!f~frigi~:?-Wi1fc'. 8 ·~ve. ~J·> ·, __ L_. __ ~-·-----_----,.---~---::..~__. ~---_ .····.k--~ ~~···· ··-~~·---··. <_Honorary Chairmen: Jew/,,jh eouncil for -RABBI B. L. LEVINTHAL RABBI W. B. FINESBBIBED RUSSIAN WAR RELIEF, Honorary Vtce-Chalrman Inc. HARRY GITMAN OP PHILfo'DELPH!!l Executl~~ ."secre"iar:v .. Chairman 1714 WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA 3, PENNA: SONYA TRACHTENBERG DR. JACOB BILLIKOPP Executive Chairman Phone, PENnypacker 8512 DR. M. V. LEOF Treasurer DAVID WEBER December 7 1944 Vice-Chairmen: BAM BROWNSTEIN B. EPPLEBAUM LOUIS I. GILGOR Executive Offic~ of the President, ABRAHAM HOFFERMAN MAX KATZMAN War Refugee Board, RABBI MAX D. KLEIN Washington, D. C·. MRB. EDWARD KOLSKY BENJAMIN MAPOW WILLIAM PORTNER Gentlemen: SOL ROTENBERG DORA SILVERSTEIN HENRIETTA STEINBERG SENATOR I. STIEFEL Please send us a copy of the report of the DR. JOSEPH O. Y ASKIN RABBI- EPHRAIM -E. YOLLEB Board of Refugees,_~ SPONSORS: r Rabbi n M. Barael Moses d, M. c. David Sincerely yo~,ii,, j/p--;:£A_-~ _ Norm berg Mortimer J. Cohen I/ Nathan F1elsher i Jacob Ginsburg Rabbi Simon Greenberg i~Y~ht;~~~~? Judge Harry E. Kalodner Judge Louis E. Levinthal Executive Secretary · Albert A. Light Davtd Pleet Wtlltam Portner .Alexander Portnoff Dr. Benjamin Shuster WUHam Sylk Charles Weinstein EXECUTIVE COMlllITTEE Yetta Bloom Harry Brener SophJe Brener Louts Broudo Rae Broudo A. D. Caesar Bn.muel Davidson Paullne Dain ~3! ~~~~:::ay Ann Fink Israel Freedman Sophie Oerson Esther Gorson Louis Gross David Hunn Morris H:irman Mary Kahn Simon Leno Abe Levinthal Dora Littman Jacob Matun Carl Ockman A. OJkcn Bertha. Pollack Sara Rosenthal Fannie:::~:s:1~7e:n Segal ~ Vera Bhechter Betty Shuchman Jacob Sommerstefn /~ David TlrkeU Max Weiss /9.,,.-;f_ Fannie Winokur , r P"6 . 7 RUSSIAN WllR RELIEF,' Inc. EXECUTIVE COJ\1?1UT'l'EE WILLIAM L.- BATT JOHN F. LEWIS, Jr., Esq. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Honorary Chairman Chaliman Mrs. Mary Loutse Curtis Bot CHARLES E. BEURY L. L. D. THOMAS RAEBURN WHITE, E>!q. Colonel Wtulam Cherry Mrs. George Sfnnfckso~ v. -Peter Bmey Honorary President ., Vice-Chairman Rutherford E. Gleason, Ph. D. FRED F. SPELLISSY Phlllp Klein v. W. Murray Wright, M. D . M;V. Leo!, M. D. George M. Vesselago Treasurer D•. Fedotoft White The Rev. J. A. MacOallum MRS. ALEXANDER ZVEGINTZOV Alexander Zvegtntzov Secretary EDWARD S. LOWER. Esq. Counsel Full lntormatton Flled With the- Prestdent's committees on War Reuer Ag~ncl~ '. - ... Gilbert J. Tilbury ·~·~ 'f ~e ~~~Uvnlt ZOO WEST 70th STREET NEW YORK 23, N. Y, November.. •27, 1944 War Refugee Bo~rd Waahington, D.O. My dear Mr; Pehle. I would appreciate it very muoh ·. if you would let me have one oopy of the lateat reporji~ about the German Atrooi tiee. '.l'han.youvf)ry much, ~ @,,,y%~v ··THREE LIONS PUBLISHERS Telephonet 551 FIFTH AVENUE MUrray Hill 2-4278 NEW YORK 17, N. Y. ','/ar F:efugee Board ;Jashington0 D.C. Gentlemen~ f: j Ne are interested in obtaining the official document on the .. i.:· conceritration cumps in Birkenau and Anshwitz. l'. de would appreciate Jt if you could tell. us whether ·t.h.is do.ou-. mant is available. Yours very .trU1y, l(GL:ds -- Dec.2ath•l944 War Refugee Board,Washn.D.C, Gentlemen, Please mail to the following address a copy of the Refugee Boards report regarding Ger.mail. prison camps at Birkenau and Auschwitz and greatly oblidge·. ~L q / >·.· ··.:: -f7r:0·:· R L Tho~~ 425 West J'ohn St., Maumee OhiO~ ·-t ( -· November 27,_ 1944 Gentlemen: Will you kindly send- me the full report Ori German atfucities _ (mass killings of Jews in the camps of Birkenau and Auschwitz) Please let me know if there ia aey coat connected with this. " Mv immediate family and I were lucky enough to 'come to this country from Germany in 1938, but-a-great -many e>t our re1ai tives and friends had to stay and_ we are very much afraid, were annihilated by the Nazi beasts. _V/E)_~th~Yght_:__we_might_~-~--~------find- some-names-of people_ we_kriovi iii your report, and at_ - any rate, we'd like our children to know about the graatness of German "culture", Thank you for your attention to thisi_ -- - --=.- "" 1 __ _ Sincerl\llY yours, ~~c9.; \~; Ilse Ross Teutsch, ~l~~!~.l:~-~~"~ · ~hila__!0 ·--1;~ .. -- ---··--· ~------~---·------·--- ...... ·. ------c-----,-.--.-·c...-~- ... GentJ.emen; Please send me sevei~§.l__oopies~_6f-the-- - report-you issued -on November 20, 1944 . . -----·------·---- telling of the mass gassing and murder o.f' ... · centers.several mil.lion· · ·· Jews at two Nazi.oonoentration· ·· · · ·. Thank you for any courtesy yo1.l ma.y ex~eJ:ld,~· ~y~ '.:& ·~····················· . Kilton ~•~belo J _. ______, ,·- AGOB-C 080 Foi1ist Park, Illinoi)"I· (27 Nov 44) -~ WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANi" GEi To: War Fl..efqgee Board, Treasury Building, . ..:.....·· Washington, D, C, The attached correspondence is transmitted as ·a matter of primary ·1 interest to your agency. The 1vri te.r has been advised of this reference. le i I ) j . j 1 Incl: Ltr fm Marvin Tavlin i ~- I ! I ·.:; J: MARVIN TAVL1N PRESIDENT November27, 1944 Secretary of War Stimpson Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I read yesterday. fo the 5.· newspaper of a report givenout·by the War Refugee Board on German atrocities. If possible, I would appreciate reoeivi1lg a oopy of this report. i J. i ____ .:~ --~: •••• -·· I I .. ·1 · •· .. . . I . ~ luwv ~~ ~ .. _· I .. / . ·1 . 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I'j I I i ._ . . ·- - -- ·---·- ---·o .' .. - /.· e e .;.war and the:Tu 0.Jic ·last Sunday (n:iass exterrnirii :··m.ans .of Jewl.Sh ''.children In prisi .- _! o Sta f1 War and the Treasury, made puli lie_ last -Sunday a -report on · t_hE mass extermination by the ·Geri ;··mans·of JewiSh.men; WotneQ tind 'children Jn prison camps at Blrk1 enau and Auschwitz ln southivest1 ein Poland•. As compared .wlth the 1,500,000 persons declare$1 ·bY, : )he ·Rµsslan G01(ernmenl to have : been kliled In three years at Lub, !'lln, tlils.report esti1T111tes the•nw?i·· Jber ·rnurd~red at JJlrken_au· _be1 /!~v~~~~Y1942, and APrll,1944j1 ----·~·-·-·~'- ..