In the first months of the deportations, the Nazis told their victims that they would be resettled in the “East.” Rumors were widespread, but few people had reliable information. Gad remembered later: “Information about what really happened in the East didn’t start trickling in until 1942. Rumors were heard on BBC radio about ‘abuse’ during the transports and in the concentration camp… In August 1942 we received a letter from Nathan Schwalb in Geneva. It resparked the debate. He warned us again (of) the death camps in Eastern Europe and told the Berlin He-halutz leadership to do everything possible to avoid deportation, either by fleeing or going underground.”