Invisible Atrocities

Chapter 1 Introduction: Visible and Invisible Atrocity Crimes From October 19-30, 1943, as the tide of World War II turned in favor of the Allies, representatives of the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union met in Moscow toconsider measures to shorten the duration of the war against Hitlerite Germany and her Allies in Europe."1 Following this conference, on November 1, the governments of the three countries issued a joint Protocol, signed the previous evening, concerning various matters relating to the conclusion of the war.2 Among the documents annexed to the Protocol was a "Declaration of German Atrocities" drafted by Winston Churchill and signed by Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin.3 Referencing "atrocities, massacres and cold-blooded mass executions," the Declaration states that the United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union "solemnly declare and give full warning of their declaration" that at the conclusion of the war "those German officers and men and members of the Nazi party who have been responsible for or have taken a consenting part in the above atrocities, massacres and executions will be sent back to the countries in which their abominable deeds were done in order that they may be judged and punished"--