862.4016/1727: Telegram (part air)
The Chargé in Austria (Wiley) to the Secretary of State
Vienna, May 31, 1938—6
p.m.
[Received June 2—5 a.m.]
[Received June 2—5 a.m.]
231. Since morning of 27th wholesale arrest of Jews. Many reported sent to Dachau. Action reliably attributed to direct orders of Himmler35 and presumably intended further to demoralize Jews, facilitate spoliation and expedite exodus.
Wiley
- Heinrich Himmler, German Chief of the Schutzstaffeln and the Gestapo.↩