The Final Solution
The business relations gave Schulte the opportunity to travel often between Breslau in Silesia and Zürich in Switzerland, where he had contacts with Allen W. Dulles, with the dissident German consul Hans Bernd Gisevius, and Polish and French intelligence contacts, according to various sources.
In 1942 Eduard Schulte learned about the Final Solution concept, and in July 1942 he told Gerhart M. Riegner, the Swiss representative of World Jewish Congress. In August 1942, the Riegner Telegram notified the Allies, but they largely ignored the information which stated the estimated number of 3.5 to 4 millions Jews, and the planned use of hydrogen cyanide.
In 1943, the Gestapo noticed his activities, and Schulte had to permanently flee to Switzerland with his wife, while his sons had to fight in the Wehrmacht.
After the war, Schulte remained silent. Gerhart Riegner, the Swiss representative of the World Jewish Congress, always refused to acknowledge who had supplied him with the information as this was "the one request he ever made of me".
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