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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/silverdust29 on 2024-11-15 22:56:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Kurt Gerstein, a Nazi officer who tried to alert the world of the Holocaust while it was happening by sending detailed reports to Swedish, Swiss, Dutch and Catholic officials. These were largely ineffective and he died by suicide in 1945