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97 Quoted from a letter, dated October 14, 1965, of Dr. Jan Chabada, the
present Generalbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Slovakia,
to me.
Cf. Dr. L. Rothkirchen, "Vatican Policy and the 'Jewish Problem' in
'Independent' Slovakia (1939-1945)", in: "Yad Vashem Studies" (Jerusalem,
1967), Vol. VI, p. 46: "…the Protestant clergy… for the most part
supporters of the pro-Czechoslovak line, were prominent for their more
adaptable approach, mainly in the furnishing of certificates of conversion
to Christianity. Some Protestant clergymen have even been charged with
profitmaking motives and with granting hundreds of certificates of
conversion within a day or two."
Also see: R. Hilberg, The Destruction of the European Jews (Chicago, 1961),
p. 466: "From the ethnic German organ, the Grenzbote, criticism was more
vociferous. The baptisms were ternied a blasphemy, and the churchmen who
engaged in them were accused of having monetary motives. Two Calvinist
pastors, Puspas and Sedivy, were subsequently arrested, and Sedivy was
accused of having performed not fewer than 717 baptisms."
98 Peter Meyer (Ed.), The Jews in the Soviet Satellites (Syracuse University
Press, 1953), p. 571.
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99 Yad Vashem Archives, No. 0311 708 (A summary of the evidence by the interviewer; in Hebrew).
100 Michael Molho and Joseph Nehama, The Destruction of Greek Jewry, 1941-1944
(Jerusalem, 1965; in Hebrew), p. 142.
101 Ilias Venezis, Archbishop Damaskinos (Athens, 1952;) in Greek), ch. 34.
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102 Buskes, op. cit., p. 89.
103 J.J. Buskes, Hoera voor het Leven (Amsterdam, 1963), p. 193.