Basing its observations on recent developments in Germany, the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet today comes to the conclusion that the Nazi threat to annihilate all the Jews in Europe before the war is over should be taken seriously by the world.
In an editorial analyzing the Nazi atrocities against Jews, the paper states that although under present circumstances it is impossible to check every report of the mass-executions of Jews by the Nazis, much can be learned from official German documents. It cites Himmler’s instructions to Gestapo officials with regard to the treatment of Jews. These instructions provide that Jews are to be taken to the nearest Gestapo office “for further dealing.” The silence observed by Himmler as to the details of the “further dealing” is eloquent, the editorial writes, adding that “no Jewish witnesses are available to tell what the expression implies.”
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