The Mysterious Messenger

Edward Schulte was a German industrialist who, in 1942, repeatedly passed information to the Allies about Hitler's plans for the Jews in Europe. This programme asks what the Allies' motives were for appearing to do so little to help the victims of the Final Solution. It also finds out why, even in post-war Switzerland, Schulte was keen to keep his identity a secret.

Nazi plans for the fate of the Jews in Europe were finalised at the Wannsee Conference of 1942, where the 'final solution to the Jewish question' was announced. In preparation for the conference, Adolf Eichmann drew up two lists of Jewish populations, one for occupied and the other for unoccupied countries. Had these Nazi plans been successful, they would have seen the murder of 11 million people.