"The only thing he mentioned which nobody understood at the time was the question of Prussic acid."
On 28 July 1942, a German industrialist passed to the World Jewish Congress representative in Zurich the information that Hitler was deporting the Jews of Europe to the East and exterminating them. The same man also warned the Allies of the German attack on Russia. Until recently the industrialist's identity was a secret.
David Wheeler tells the story of the search for Eduard Schulte's name and the story of his heroism.
With Gerhart Riegner of the WJC; historians Alan M. Kraut, Richard Breitman and David Kranzler; Warsaw Resistance leader Stefan Korbonski; and Schulte's son Ruprecht.