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aug 8, 1942 - Riegner Telegram

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Gerhart Riegner, representative of the World Jewish Congress in Switzerland, sends a telegram to the U.S. state department with a warning that the Nazis are planning to exterminate 3-4 million Jews through the use of Prussic acid. State Department does not believe it to be true.

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aug 8, 1942
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~ 83 years ago