Riegner Cable Flashcards
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Q
Telegram considered first documented report of the Final solution.
Send August 1942 by Dr Gerhart Riegner, the workd jewish congress representative in Switzerland to Stephen Wise in USA and Sidney Silverman UK.
A
Indicated that Hitler and his aides had decided to exterminate all the jews of Europe.
Only publicised on November 24 until Roosevelt could proove it was true.