The Foreign Service Journal, September 2019

50 SEPTEMBER 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL censorship, removing his priceless collection to give Western audiences graphic, heartrending evidence of the war’s devasta- tion and human toll. This important collection resides today with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. During a yearlong stay in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and liv- ing for months across from Gestapo headquarters, Thaddeus Chylinski will meticulously record evidence of mounting Nazi atrocities and war crimes. A comprehensive report written frommemory but inexplicably classified for decades, Poland under Nazi Rule 1939–1941 chronicles the Nazi terror campaign against the Poles of all classes and religions. The report will only see public light after the 1998 passage of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. / In 1939 Warsaw witnessed professional commitment and fortitude from America’s diplomatic and consular corps under extreme duress. From ambassadors to clerks, these individuals were ready to do the right thing, defend the nation’s interests and protect the citizens they faithfully served. As Consul General Davis reflected in his June 1940 journal entry: “Wars may come, and wars may go, but the American Foreign Service ‘carries on.’” n This colorized photo shows Julien Bryan filming on top of paving stones meant to serve as a barricade against the advancing German army during the siege of Warsaw. WIKIMEDIACOMMONS