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White Russians Aiding Nazis in Raids on Relief Organization Offices

May 2, 1933
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A severely worded complaint lodged by the American embassy with the German government in regard to the recent raid upon the offices of the Joint Distribution Committee in Berlin resulted in a reply from the German government today, stating that upon investigation it has developed that no such raid was known to the authorities. The government suggests that the raid, which took place last week, was probably executed by “imposters.”

From other sources, it is learned that the raid on the Joint Distribution Committee as well as the raids upon Jewish relief, self-help, and health organizations, the Hilfsverein, the Ort, and the Oze, were carried out by storm-troopers with the participation of Czarist White Russians, large numbers of whom have joined the Nazi secret police, acting chiefly as “specialists” in persecution of Jews.

The raid upon the offices of the Joint Distribution Committee was immediately protested by the United States consul. Documents and reports that had been removed from the office were returned at once, while the locks that had been placed on the doors were removed, according to the reports on the raid received here.

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