Jewish DP leaders have submitted a report to American military authorities complaining of repeated unprovoked assaults by U.S. soldiers upon Jews in Eroding, near Munich, beginning last February and continuing up to the present.
The most recent incident occurred on May 14, when military police stopped a car in which three DP’s were traveling and took the wristwatches off the arms of two of the passengers, while a group of Germans looked on. The third occupant of the car was beaten because he had no watch to surrender. After searching all the belongings of the three, during which they kept up a constant flow of insults, the soldiers took them to headquarters where they were again beaten.
The report discloses that on Feb. 23 the military police after breaking up a fight between DP’s and Germans, arrested a group of the former and kept them in jail for several days without filling any charges. On March 8, the police arrested eight DP’s because they failed to recognize their identification papers. When one of the DP’s explained that they were issued by the Jewish Committee, a MP replied: “God damn your committee.” They were warned to leave before they were beaten.
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