Arthur R. Butz – The Hoax Of The Twentieth Century

Chapter 3: Washington and New York
them to “go along,” at least to the extent of making vague public statements supporting
the propaganda.
September 3, 1942, p. 5: “50,000 JEWS DYING IN NAZI FORTRESS
London, Sept. 2 (UP) – Fifty thousand Jews from Germany and Czechoslovakia
have been thrown into the fortress at Terezin and several thousand who
are ill or charged with ‘criminal’ acts are in underground dungeons where
they are ‘dying like flies’ a Czech Government spokesman said tonight.
‘All hope for them has been abandoned,’ the spokesman said. […] The
spokesman said the Germans had launched a campaign to exterminate Jews
from the protectorate and that of 40,000 Jews formerly in Prague only 15,000
remain. Pilsen and Bruenn have been cleared of Jews, he said, many of them
being sent to Terezin, largest concentration camp in Nazi-controlled Europe.
A European observer said the Germans planned to exterminate the Jews
not only in Europe, but throughout the world. He declared the Nazis had executed
2,000,000 Jews in the past three years […].”
The only truth in this story lies in the fact that the death rate of Jews was rather
high at Terezin (Theresienstadt) due to the German policy of sending all Reich
Jews over 65 there. Another category at Theresienstadt was the “privileged” Jews
– the war veterans – especially those with high decorations. There were other
Jews, many of whom were eventually moved out, but if they suffered, it was not
at Theresienstadt. The place was visited by the Red Cross in June 1944, and the
resulting favorable report angered the World Jewish Congress. 145 There will be
more to be said about Theresienstadt in subsequent chapters. While it was not the
“largest concentration camp in Nazi-controlled Europe,” it nevertheless plays an
important role here.
September 5, 1942, p. 3: “US REBUKES VICHY ON DEPORTING JEWS
Washington, Sept. 4 – The State Department has made the ‘most vigorous
representations possible’ to the French Government through the American
Embassy in Vichy over the mass deportation of Jews from unoccupied France,
it was announced today by the American Jewish Committee.
The protest followed representations by four Jewish organizations, and the
action was communicated to them in a letter by Sumner Welles, Under-
Secretary of State. […] Mr. Welles said: ‘I have received your communication
of Aug. 27, 1942, enclosing a letter […] in regard to the mass deportation of
Jewish refugees from unoccupied France.
‘I am in complete agreement with the statements made concerning this
tragic situation, which provides a new shock to the public opinion of the civilized
world. It is deeply regretted that these measures should be taken in a
country traditionally noted for adherence to the principles of equality, freedom
and tolerance.
‘The American Embassy at Vichy […] has made the most vigorous representations
possible to the highest authorities at Vichy […].’
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