GR P1 S1: "The Evacuation still proceeds..."

[Dustin Iler]

>
>>I'm not sure how much anyone on the Allied side knew about the death camps 
>>in mid-1944 anyway so I doubt that it'd be an assignment Pirate'd have 
>>been given--plus the fact that there'd be no strategic value to be gained 
>>from it. As I understand it, knowledge about the death camps wasn't 
>>exactly flooding out anywhere, even at this late stage, particularly into 
>>the U.K. or the U.S. The few accounts there were had been either dismissed 
>>or ignored.
>>
>
>My resources (time especially) are stretched just now, but I think there
>is some evidence out there that the Allies, especially within elite
>circles, were well aware of the death camps by then. Even if the
>accounts were few, those in the know would be just the people
>whose imaginations an asset like Pirate would be assigned to control.
>They would, in fact, be the leaders. "Dismissed or ignored"- precisely
>the goal of his intervention. Spookily reminiscent of events closer
>to our own times.


One of numerous sources which indicate that the Allies were aware of the 
Death Camps and their use by 1942 is an articl by Barbara Rogers: "British 
Intelligence and the Holocaust: Auschwitz and the Allies Re-examined"

An excerpt: "The author contends that a definite and detailed picture of 
Auschwitz-Birkenau had been provided for the British Government from a 
variety of sources by December 1942." PDF format available.

As well, I have been taught in numerous American and European history 
classes that Roosevelt and Churchill were aware of the Death Camps by 
1941-1942. When considering the measures that could be taken the Allied 
leaders considered bombing train tracks, etc., but felt that their forces 
would be best used to focus upon defeating the armies of the Axis Powers.

Take Care,
Dustin