A German Jew has been appointed by American military authorities to be chief of police in Cologne, it was reported today in the London Daily Mial.
The report said that the Jew, whose name was not given, “had assumed his duties yesterday along with 300 policemen chosen from anti-Nazis in Cologne to assist him.”
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