“We have a pledge from a Government representative that they would expand the camps to take up to 5,000 people. Even at this point I cannot spare our friends across the borders the complaint, for, if prisoners are being sent out now, they will include exactly such friends who should be fit for the labour camps. If we already had your affirmative position, we would be able to protect against the worst a significant part of the chaweroth in peril. We have to assume major responsibility, act as fast as possible, for the Government intends to expand the camps. Our conscience is burdened by the fact that the most important aspect of our work doesn’t meet with understanding. I therefore ask you most firmly to definitely clarify the situation, so that we receive your affirmative and most specific proposals.”
Letter to Sally Mayer, 17 September 1942