Four Jewish DP’s have been sentenced to eight years in prison and one to five years by a United States military court in Linz, as an aftermath of a riot on Nov. 14 in which several United States soldiers were injured, it was learned today.
The riot took place when military police were called in after the director of a DP camp was unable to stop a group of Jewish displaced persons from tearing apart one of the barracks for use as firewood. The DP’s are alleged to have attacked the soldiers with stones and clubs, and two soldiers were reported to have been seriously injured.
It was also learned today that Soviet authorities have released Oskar Wilhelm, Jewish property administrator, for his failure to carry out an order to disband his organization.
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