Gift of Dr. Gerhart Riegner, World Jewish Congress, Geneva

Id no. 1999.A.192, Document

August 08 1942, Geneva, Switzerland, New York

Created by:  Gerhart Riegner

Subject(s):  Wise, Stephen S., Response-world Jewish, World Jewish Congress

The U.S. State Department, calling reports of Nazi threats to annihilate Jews "unsubstantiated," refused to deliver this telegram from Gerhart Riegner to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.