The American Military Government court trying Germans and displaced Jews involved in a disturbance in the Bavarian town of Oberammingen on March 28 today dismissed charges against two Jewish defendants and one German, leaving three DP’s and seven Germans on trial.
Earlier, Martin Mayer, burgoneister of Oberasmingan, and one of the principal defendants, admitted that he had ordered a trumpet sounded to call together the villagers to storm a schoolhouse occupied by the displaced Jews. He also admitted running through the streets shouting: “The Jews are killing our sons. Everyone come out,” and said that he had beaten one of the DP’s.
The prosecution closed its case this afternoon, presenting three more DP’s and one German, all of whom corroborated the description of the riots given in court yesterday. Defense counsel for both the Germans and the DP’s then opened their case, which is expected to be finished tomorrow.
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