In August 1942, the lawyer Gerhart M. Riegner, who worked for the World Jewish Congress, approached the British and American consulates in Geneva with a telegram reporting the killing of European Jews by means of poison gas. This information, which was forwarded to leading representatives of his organization in London and New York, was the first time the Nazis’ int…
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Breitman, Richard, “Riegner Telegram”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 21 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0746>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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