In April 1944, two Slovakian Jewish prisoners, named Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, escaped

from Auschwitz and gave Slovak Jewish Council leader Oscar Krasniansky a detailed account of

what was happening at the death camp. Krasniansky translated the account and compiled it into a

32-page report that, for the first time, gave accurate and in-depth information on the methods and

extent of the Nazis' extermination efforts. Romanian diplomat Florian Manoliu gave it to George

Mandel-Mantello for his rescue efforts. Mandel-Mantello, whose own parents were deported on

the same day he received the Protocol, recopied it, translated it (into various languages with the

help of hired students) and facilitated a campaign to disseminate the report to Swiss clergy, the

press and foreign diplomats. The following is the English translation.

Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum