Höfle Telegram
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The Höfle Telegram was a secret 1943 Nazi radio message that detailed the number of Jews murdered in Operation Reinhard extermination camps, later becoming key evidence of the scale of the Holocaust.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust evidence
ⓘ
historical document ⓘ radio message ⓘ |
| archivedBy |
British intelligence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Government Communications Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | secret ⓘ |
| codeSystem | SS Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
Operation Reinhard extermination camps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
extermination of Jews ⓘ |
| concernsOperation | Operation Reinhard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateSent | 1943-01-11 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Peter Witte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Tyas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | British archives ⓘ |
| importance | key quantitative evidence of the Holocaust ⓘ |
| interceptedBy | British codebreakers at Bletchley Park ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| listsCamp |
Belzec extermination camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lublin-Majdanek extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Sobibor extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listsLocationCode |
B (Belzec)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
L (Lublin-Majdanek) NERFINISHED ⓘ S (Sobibor) NERFINISHED ⓘ T (Treblinka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| listsTimePeriod | up to 31 December 1942 ⓘ |
| listsVictimNumbersFor |
Belzec extermination camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lublin-Majdanek extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Sobibor extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| numberReportedForBelzec | 434508 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberReportedForLublinMajdanek | 24733 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberReportedForSobibor | 101370 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberReportedForTreblinka | 713555 GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedDocument | Korherr Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sender | Hermann Höfle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentBy | SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentDuring |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentFrom | Lublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentInYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| sentTo |
RSHA Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsEvidenceFor | scale of Operation Reinhard killings GENERATED ⓘ |
| totalNumberReported | 1274166 ⓘ |
| transmissionType | encoded radio telegram ⓘ |
| usedAsEvidenceIn | Holocaust historiography ⓘ |
| victimGroup | Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfDiscovery | 2000 ⓘ |
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