840.48 Refugees/4–1145: Telegram

The Minister in Sweden (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

1345. For Department and War Refugee Board. In a communication dated April 8, 1945, to Kersten from Brandt, Himmler’s personal adjutant, it is stated that Himmler has instructed his S.S. staff at Bergen Belsen to leave the Jews in the camp undisturbed and to permit them to be taken over by the advancing Allied forces.

Johnson