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December 17, 1942


Allied Nations Issue Statement on Mass Murder

The Allied nations, including the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States, issue a declaration stating explicitly that the German authorities were engaging in mass murder of the European Jews, and that those responsible for this “bestial policy of cold-blooded extermination” would “not escape retribution.”

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