Letter to Relative Here Gives Details of Nazi Cruelties

The following letter, received by relative in New York from a resident of a small German town which, ###or obvious reasons cannot be named, ###eaks for itself:

“National Socialist storm troopers ###me Friday night with a truck and ###hed R. F. and his two sons and ###ed them into court. The judge, ### knows F. well, said immediately ### there was no reason to take ###s against F. and that he would ### him go if there were no accusa### made against him until Monday. Thereupon National Socialists published an advertisement in the newspapers that whoever has anything ###st R. F. should appear and he ### taken into protective arrest.

### the meantime all three were ### to the internment camp at ###berg because they were too well ###ted in the local prison.

### A. a number of Jews were ###ght to the City Hall and ter### beaten up, as in—, particu### the teacher M.

### In S— it was just horrible. ###lve people were brought to the ###urt of the prison, among them a ###an of 73 who was beaten so long ###until he shouted what they asked of ### namely: We have deceived and ###robed Germany. At night a torch-###t parade was arranged, and the ###lve had to march half-naked. J. N. was forced to put on the costume ### of a communist and had to wear a communist flag. Marching through the entire town and constantly beaten up, they had to shout the above sentence. When they reached the end of the town, the flag was burned and N. had to hold the flag until his hands were burned. Then they were photographed and the photos sold. I myself have seen such a photo. After this procedure four were dismissed and the other carried away in autos. Those among the population who were indignant were also beaten up, among them the physician who had to bandage the people.

“That is only a small part of it.”