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Saturday, 4 June 2011

Jews knew in June 1944, Auschwitz was a labour camp

David Ben-Gurion, who went onto be Israel's first

prime-minister, didn't want to bomb Auschwitz,

because Jews knew it was just a "labour camp"

story via: Little Gray Rabbit's excellent blog

The following is an extract from William Rubenstein's 1999 book, The Myth of Rescue, in which he publishes the minutes of a meeting of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. It reveals Jews knew Auschwitz was just a labour camp, despite the ridiculous, and highly suspicious Vrba-Wetzler Report, supposedly written by two escapee Auschwitzers, which claimed; 1,765,000 people had been gassed at Auschwitz II (Birkenau) between April 1942 and April 1944. That report was completed on April 27, 1944, and distributed to governments and heads of state, so of course Jewish leader would have known of it. It was published in the New York Times, 9 days after this meeting.

 

"Provisional and partial translation of the minutes of the meeting of the Executive of the Jewish Agency held June 11, 1944.

Present: Ben-Gurion – Chair, Mr Gruenbaum, Dr. Senator, Rabbi Fischmann, Mr Kaplan, Dr Schmorek, Dr Joseph, Mr Schapira, Mr Ben-Tzvi, Dr Hantke, Dr. Granovsky, Mr Eisenberg

Agenda:

1. Matters of rescue

2. Discussion of Mr. Gruenbaum with Mr Pinkerton on matters of rescue

3. The department of immigrant absorption

Item 2, Discussion of Mr. Gruenbaum with Mr Pinkerton on matters of rescue.

Mr Gruenbaum: Sent to the members of the board a protocol of his discussion with the US Consul General on matters of rescue. Among other things he (Gruenbaum) suggested that the Allies should bomb the communication lines between Hungary and Poland. If they destroy the railway line, it would be impossible to carry out, for a definite period of time, their vicious plans. Mr Pinkerton promised to transmit the suggestion to the War Refugee Board.

Mr Gruenbaum also suggested that airplanes of the Allies should bomb the death camps in Poland, such as Auschwitz , Treblinka etc. Mr Pinkerton argues that if this were done the Allies would be blamed for the murder of Jews, so he asked for the suggestion to be put in writing. Mr Gurenbaum promised to consult with his colleagues on the matter.

According to the news available, every day thousands of Jews are being murdered in the death camps. Only the ‘Ordnung-Dienst’ remain alive for a short period of time. They do no wait long before they kill the victims.

Even if we assume that they will bomb the camps while there are Jews in them, and some of them will get killed, the others could disperse and save themselves. By destroying the building they will not be able to murder, by means of the techniques they use, for months. We have received news today that, in the course of ten days, 120 000 Jews were expelled from Hungary

Ben-Gurion: We don’t know what really is the situation in Poland, and it seems that we could not offer (propose) anything with regard to this matter.

Rabbi Fischman: Concurs with Ben-Gurion’s opinion.

Dr Schmorek: Here we hear that in Auschwitz there is a large labor camp. We cannot take upon ourselves the responsibility of a bombing which would cause the death of a single Jew.

Dr Joseph: He too opposes the suggestion to ask the Americans to bomb the camps, and so to murder Jews. Mr Gruenbaum does not speak as a private individual, but as the representative of an institution. He (Joseph) thinks that the institution to which we are linked should not suggest such a thing

Dr Senator: Concurs with the view of Dr. Joseph. It is regrettable that Mr Gruenbaum spoke of it with the American Consul.

Ben-Gurion: The view of the board is that we should not ask the Allies to bomb places where there are Jews."

William Rubenstein's

The Myth of Rescue (1999)

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Addendum / commentary - by this Site:

Thus Ben Gurion and other luminaries in the Jewish Agency (the de facto government of the Jews in the British Mandate for Palestine) decided on June 11, 1944 that they would NOT ask the Allies to bomb Auschwiz “labour camp” as they did not really know what was happening in Poland.

Despite the fact the New York Times had published details of Vrba’s great escape and his info that Jews were being gassed at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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