nov 26, 1944 - Auschwitz report in US newspaper
Description:
American newspapers nationwide publishedarticles about Auschwitz-Birkenau, like this
Miami News article. The articles included graphic details of the process of the arrival, selection, and gassing of prisoners.
The information stemmed from a report written by two prisoners who had escaped Auschwitz in April 1944. In response, the Washington Post printed an editorial titled “Genocide.” It was the first time this new word was used in an American paper.
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Date:
nov 26, 1944
Now
~ 81 years ago