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U.S. and Other United Nations Join In Pledging Retribution for Nazi Extermination of Jews
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- Condemnation Is Broadcast World-Wide
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- Friday, December 18, 1942
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Allies Denounce Nazi Plan to “Exterminate” the Jews
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- U.S. and Other United Nations Join In Pledging Retribution for Nazi Extermination of Jews Condemnation Is Broadcast World-Wide From Wire and Cable Dispatches. The United States and other United Nations Governments joined yesterday in condemning Germany's policy of exterminating the Jews and pledged themselves to visit retribution on those responsible. Allied broadcasts. in twentythree tongues the world joint era denunciation of Adolf Hitler's campaign against the Jews of Europe. The slaughter of Jews in Europe, says Samuel Grafton on the Page, is Hitler's final, Editoriale attempt to mobilize the forces of anti-Semitism on his side. America, Britain, Russia, the Fighting French and eight exiled governments "condemn in the strongest possible terms this bestial policy of cold-blooded ex- termination," a formal statement said. concluded: "They reaffirm their solemn resolution to insure that those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution, and to Jews Honor Willkie For Racial Unity Work New York, Dec. 17 (AP)-Wendell L. Willkie today accepted the American Hebrew Medal for outstanding achievement in promoting unity between Christians and Jews, and urged that the word "tolerance" be discarded in connection with group relationships. "No man has the right in America to treat any other man 'tolerantly,' for tolerance is the assumption of superiority," he said in accepting the award. "Our liberties are the equal rights of every citizen." press on with the necessary practical measures to this end." The United Nations agreed that Poland "has been made the principal Nazi slaughterhouse." Affirming the conclusion, Polish government sources in London said the Germans had deported 433,000 Jews from Warsaw in the last three months, averaging 7,000 daily, and had executed 8,000 in the Lublin district alone. Advices from the continent to the United Press reported held that mass deportations and executions were a part the Nazi plan to rid Europe of 5,000,000 persons in the next six months in an effort to alleviate a serious food situation and protect Germany's home front against starvation. Commons Hears Statement. When Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden read the United Na- tions' statement to the House of Commons, the members stood for a silent moment in protest against what one member called "this disgusting barbarism." In Washington Secretary of State Hull told his press, conference that practical were being taken to identify, apprehend steps, and punish persons guilty of persecuting Europe's Jews. Hull recalled that President Roosevelt and other heads of government in recent months had announced plans to discover and assemble all facts relating to inhuman acts in war areas. ATERMAN'S 448-454 SO. PRESTON ST. COUPON DAY Y CLIP COUPON CLIP COUPON DOLL COACHES 7-Pc. Cowboy Suit $498 $139
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Feingold, Henry L. Bearing Witness: How America and Its Jews Responded to the Holocaust. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
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