Leaders of the restored Jewish community in Berlin today submitted a memorandum to the Allied authorities giving a summary of measures taken by the Germans in the Reich against the Jews, beginning with the year 1933 when Hitler came to power.
The memorandum was prepared at the request of the Allied authorities who wanted an authentic report on the mistreatment of Jews by the Nazis. It reveals one instance when the Roichsvereingung of Jews in Germany, central Jewish body under the Nazi regime, successfully sabotaged the Gestapo orders and prevented deportation of 2,310 Jews. It also furnishes the names of many Jewish leaders who suffered martyrdom for disobeying Gestapo orders to submit lists of Jews for deportation to extermination camps.
Among the Berlin Jewish leaders either executed outright or deported to extermination camps were: Dr. Otto Hirsch, president of the Reichsvereinigung of the Jews in Germany, Dr. Martin Brasch, Dr. Conrad Cohn, Bruno Mendelsoh, Otto Goldstein, Fritz Lamm, Julius Blumenthal, Alfred Selbiger, Alfred Joseph, Geroge Juliusburger, Dr. Epstein, Dr. Levy, Miss Wagner, Dr. Loser and Dr. Dukofzer.
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