Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-07-03 | Page 2 | Nazis Kill 1,715,000 Jews in Silesia in Two Years

fl Nazis Kill Jews in Silesia in Two Year NEW EW YORI YORK July 3 UP A A Geneva dispatch to the New York Times today said Jews had been put to death by the Ger Ger- Germans Germans mans in Upper extermination tion camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau in two years ended April 15 1944 The report was attributed to information information in in- formation reaching the International international international church movement ecumenical cal refugee refuge commission of Geneva and the of Zur Zurich ch Victims were said to have come from these countries Poland the Netherlands Greece France Belgium Germany Yugoslavia Italy and Norway Bohemia Moravia via and Austria Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria Slovakia and foreign Jews from front Polish concentration concentration concentration concen concen- camps Yet another Jews from Hungary were said to have been 1 killed or died en route roule to Upper Silesia The ecumenical commission commission commis commis- sion slon report said the Hungarian Jews were subjected to malicious fiendish inhuman brutality The Times story reported that many were worked to death Execution n halls at Auae A 8 h r rand and were said to be J fl f bathing establishments ca a dispatching 2000 to J dally daily Prisoners were led Into and ordered to strip for ba b ball the Times dispatch said then hide gas was said to have released causing death In iii t five minutes