As a result of a beating she suffered at the hands of a band of members of the Stahlhelm (Steel Helmets), anti-Zionist war veterans organization, the daughter of M. Mayer, a Jewish hotel proprietor in the village of Caub in the Rhineland, died today. Since her father’s hotel was attacked by the Stahlhelm Miss Mayer had been seriously ill from her injuries.
Shortly after the French army of occupation evacuated the Rhineland, Mayer was accused by the Stahlhelm of being a separatist. The Stahlhelm delegated a squad of its members to watch Mayer’s hotel and not to permit anyone to enter. Some days later a mob, incited by the watchers, rushed into the hotel, expelled Mayer’s family and severely beat them all.
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