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Cable from Switzerland to Agudas Israel World Organizations, New York June
12, 1944 describing situation of Hungarian Jews and calling for bombing
deportation railways
CONFIDENTIAL
PARAPHRASE OF CABLE
Since April, we are receiving despaired letters and cables about the
deportation of the Jews from Hungary and Slovakia to Poland, which naturally
means to death. Often, from 10 to 15 thousand people are deported daily.
Altogether, about 300,000 persons have been deported so far. We have asked, in
the American and British Legations for the bombardment of the given rail-hub
points (Kashau-Pressov) but so far without results. The whole relief action,
commissars, pity, etc., are useless unless decisive steps are being
undertaken.
Please intervene immediately with President Roosevelt, Churchill and eventually
in Moscow, to bombard the given points as soon as possible, which alone could
save these people.
The responsibilities for the causing of this experiment is tremendous. Please
consider all this very discreetly.
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