British Knew in ’41 of Jews Dying, It’s Revealed
LONDON — Winston Churchill and other British leaders knew Nazi Germany was killing Jews from the first massacres in 1941 to the final death camp gassings in 1945, documents released Monday show.
The transcripts of German police radio messages, intercepted by British code-breakers, show senior officials knew where Jews were being killed almost from day to day.
The records revealed that the British knew the Nazis were systematically killing Jews in the Soviet Union as early as June 1941. That was more than a year earlier than previously acknowledged.
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