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Hist 2024 Memorandum Essay

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Brianna Miley Mr. Andrew Daily Hist. 140/ U.S. History H. 7 April. 2024 Memorandum This document was written in 1942 by the American Jewish Leaders Organization. This document was sent to the President of the United States on Tuesday, December 8, 1942. The perspective that the organization provided in this document was the description of the brutal mass murders of Jews by the Nazi party. The location where this document was written was in New York. This organization wrote this document to give reasons why the Nazi party deserves to have consequences for their mass murder of Jews. This document is somewhat reliable, because it provides a lot of sources to make its point. This document also may not be reliable, due to it coming straight from …show more content…

The organization wanted to try their best to stop these brutal killings of their people in any way that they possibly can. They believed that they should have consequences for their mass murders. Jews were very scared to be taken by the Nazis during this time. Unfortunately, not many Jews even made it to the camps before dying of starvation or even suffocation from the floor being coated with lime or chlorine and sprinkled with water and from being so cramped in a train with one another (Memorandum). Jews were forced against their will, taken to these camps just to be killed days later by the Nazis. They dreamed of being free and not having to worry about the dangerous situations that they faced ahead of them. A document that is similar to this one is called U.S. Generals inspect Ohrdruf concentration camp, 1945. This one has a picture representing General Eisenhower touring the concentration camp with other generals. Like the first document, this one also states how the Jews were starved to death and killed by mass murder during the

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