Action now rather than retribution after the war is demanded today in editorials in the British press commenting upon the joint declaration of the allied Nations on the Nazi mass-executions of Jews, in which the Nazis were warned of post-war reprisals.
The warning of the Allied Nations was broadcast today in twenty-three languages to all countries in Nazi-occupied Europe. The Board of Deputies of British Jews issued a statement expressing the appreciation of British Jewry and welcoming the intention of the Allied Nations to bring the ringleaders and the perpetrators of the Jewish massacres to justice.
“It is our earnest hope that this warning will serve to prevent the continuance of the slaughter,” the statement declared. “The process of extermination of the Jews is still going on. The most pressing need is the saving of as many human lives as possible from ever-present catastrophic danger. We hope that the United Nations will be able to concert practical measures without delay for asylum in territories under their control and also to secure the good offices of the neutral lands in the resoue work.”
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