Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

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.]

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

35. Heinrich Himmler, German Chief of the Schutzstaffeln and the Gestapo.