The death of a displaced Jew in the U.S. Army raid the Heidenheim DP camp last week was described today by Paul Edwards, director of International Refugee Organization in the American zone in Germany, as “completely unnecessary.”
“The local Army commander failed to use the proper, prescribed channels before ?ering the camp, which require an I.R.O. official to accompany troops raiding a ?p,” Edwards said. “Furthermore, this is the first time that raiding troops used ?ed bayonets against unarmed people. As far as I am concerned, the only guilty ?ty in the entire incident is the officer responsible for the staging of the raid,” he said.
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