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Description Telegram on 8 April 1944 from the Gestapo at Auschwitz, Poland, with descriptions of Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, two escapees, to the Reich Security Head Office in Berlin, the SS in Oranienburg, district commanders, and others. This was widely distributed to police and security offices.
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Source Świebocki, Henryk (2000) "Escapes from the Camp" in Auschwitz, 1940–1945. Central Issues in the History of the Camp. Volume IV: The Resistance Movement, Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, pp. 192–235 (225)
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