American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress Voice Gratification

Maurice Wertheim, president of the American Jewish Committee, stated: “The Jews of America will receive with gratification the statement of the United Nations condemning the bestial cold-blooded policy of the Nazis to exterminate the Jews in the territories they have occupied, and reaffirming the solemn resolution of the United Nations to insure that those responsible for these crimes shall not escape retribution and to press on with the necessary practical measures to that end.

“That statement will awaken the heart and conscience of the world to what is happening in the European lands dominated by the Nazis, and will give the Jews renewed hope that these cruel, barbaric crimes against the civlian populations there may be stopped. All Jews and their fellow Americans of every faith will be thankful for this heartening statement by our own Government and by the Governments of the United Nations.

Dr. Stephen S. wise, president of the American Jewish congress, said; “The Declaration of the United Nations condemning Germany’s cold-blooded extermination of European Jewry and solemnly pledging retribution for the perpetrators of these crimes, is a document of the greatest historic significance. as an expression of the collective conscience of the United Nations, outraged by the horrors wreaked upon Jews and other civilian populations, it will solace and hearten the Jewish people throughout the world. Reaffirming the determination of the free peoples that the murderous Axis may not with impunity assail and destroy any race or faith or people, it will be eagerly welcomed and approved by Americans of every faith.

“Of even greater importance is the possibility that this stern warning to the Nazis and their Axis partners may prevent in part at least the fulfillment of Hitler’s hideous program of extermination, if the immediate practical steps promised are taken to implement this declaration.”