Newsgroups: soc.history,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Holocaust Calendar: November 11 Followup-To: alt.revisionism From: kmcvay@nizkor.org.no-spam Reply-To: kmcvay@nizkor.org.no-spam Organization: The Nizkor Project X-Remember: http://www.nizkor.org [Follow-ups set] November 11 1943 Roosevelt suggests to Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles that help be provided to the war's refugees, perhaps through the establishment of new refugee camps in neutral and liberated countries in Europe and North Africa. The next day Roosevel leaves for conferences in Cairo and Teheran, and his suggestion is sidetracked. (USHMM, 1993, p. 50) 1944 The commandant of Theresienstadt orders the destruction of urns containing the ashes of deceased Jews. Prisoners are informed that the ashes will be buried in the Prague Jewish cemetery; however, they are dumped into the Ohre (in German, Eger) River and are also buried near the labor camp at Litomerice. (USHMM, 1994, p. 67) Work Cited USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Revolt Amid the Darkness: Days of Remembrance, April 18-25, 1993. Washington, D.C.: 1993 USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Darkness Before Dawn: Days of Remembrance, April 3-10, 1994. Washington, D.C.: 1994
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