Howard Elting

Consul, US Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, 1944

Consul Elting was one of the first diplomats in Europe to recognize the Auschwitz Report (also known as the Auschwitz Protocols) as a true document representing the murder of millions of Jews in Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps. Elting received the Auschwitz Protocols and, with an important endorsement, passed it along to Jewish community leaders in Switzerland and the US Secretary of State.