In May 1944, Nazi leaders in Hungary, led by Adolf Eichmann, head of the “Jewish section” of the SS, began to round up and ship to Auschwitz the entire Jewish population of the country. The Nazis had already murdered over five million European Jews, and Auschwitz was one of only two killing camps that remained in operation in Poland. Information about the Hungarian deportations, along with the summary of a detailed report of conditions inside Auschwitz compiled by two recent escapees, reached London and Washington in June and early July. This led Jewish and resistance groups with offices in
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