Before leaving, Karski met with two leaders of the Jewish underground who told him of what they had named ''Hitler's war against the Polish Jews.'' By their calculations, more than 1.8 million had already been murdered. In October 1942, Jan Karski, a liaison officer of the Polish underground in Warsaw, was ordered to go on a secret mission to the Polish Government-in-Exile in London. DawidowiczThe mass and majesty of this world, all That carries weight and always weighs the same Lay in the hands of others they were small And could not hope for help and no help came.* - W.H. Dawidowicz is the author of ''The War Against the Jews 1933-1945.'' Her most recent book is ''The Holocaust and the Historians.'' By Lucy S. Reprinted by permission of Random House Inc.Lucy S. ![]() ![]() Auden Collected Poems,'' edited by Edward Mendelson.
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