A special issue of the "HaTzofeh" newspaper announces for the first time about the mass extermination of European Jews

A special issue of the "HaTzofeh" newspaper announces for the first time about the mass extermination of European Jews

"The extermination of the Nazi oppressors against the Jews of Europe" - a special issue of "HaTzofeh" newspaper surrounded by a black frame, officially announcing for the first time the systematic extermination of European Jews: "Children and the elderly are massacred. Jews are buried and burned alive. Polish cities are emptied of Jews."  November 23, 1942.

The hard-hitting articles report on "the systematic extermination of the Jewish population in Polish cities and towns" after Himmler's visit to Warsaw, as well as on the fact that "Jewish children up to the age of 12 were massacred and mercilessly executed. elders were also executed." The main article also includes horrific numerical data on Jews executed in the Kielce ghetto, in Brisk, in Piotrkow, in Tschnestochow, in the Radom ghetto, and other places. It also reports on decisions to take a series of actions by the Jewish Agency "in connection with the situation of the Jews of Europe", and more.

The most dramatic news, which actually presented the German plan and the way it was carried out, was published in the issue before us in November 1942, about three years after the outbreak of the war. This month, following testimonies from Europe, the Jewish Agency issued an official statement to expose to the world the fact that these were no longer specific murders, but a "systematic extermination operation" throughout Poland, intended to extend to all German-controlled territories. In those days, the "Committee for Polish Affairs" operated in Jerusalem, but when the news arrived, it was decided to establish the "United Rescue Committee next to the Jewish Agency." The "Rescue Committee" was headed by Yitzhak Greenbaum, who was already in Eretz Israel at the time. Three days of mourning and a series of events in memory of the victims were announced in Eretz Israel, and discussions on various rescue operations were intensified. The newspapers first Highly stressed these calls on the front pages and headlines almost day after day in November and December of that year. November 1942 was, without a doubt, the moment of awakening, when the public in Eretz Israel first realized that this time it was not a wave of pogroms, cruel as they may be, but a real Holocaust. Arranged program that is carried out every day and hour for the extermination of the Jews of Europe.

[4] pages. Complete sheet. Reinforcements with paper gluing. general condition good.