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- Title:
- Eyewitness account by Hubert Pollack of attempts to rescue Jews from Germany
- Summary:
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Five personal reports.
1. The Feldgendarmerie in Berlin was tormenting to death political prisoners. The author did not succeed in rescuing a young communist, as the public prosecutor was no longer the appropriate authority, but the Reichsparteileitung (p.1-2).
2. Fritz Schwarzer, also known under the name of Fritz Bartenstein, a Jewish Gestapo spy, was arrested in England as well as in USA at the instigation of Jews in Germany (p.3-4).
3. The importance of the British passport control office and the special gratitude due to its leading officer at the Embassy in Berlin, Captain Foley, his outstanding personality and broadmindedness. Rescue of ten thousands of Jews (p.4-10).
4. Corruption. The author used to bribe Nazi officials before the war and gives examples (p.10).
5. Excellent teamwork in the Beratungsstelle des Berliner Hilfsvereins. Besides there were two leading members of outstanding efficiency to whom the Jews from Germany owe much more gratitude than they know or acknowledge: Wilfried Israel and Victor Löwenstein (p.3, 11-13).
- Witness:
- Pollack, Hubert
- Number of pages:
- 14 pieces
- Date(s):
- 1955
- Catalogue ID:
- 104772
- Reference number:
- 1656/2/1/492
- Date Range:
- 1933-1939
- Type of Material:
- Eyewitness account