The report deals with what took place on the journey from the refugee camp at Kahnsdorf to Demmin. with the accommodations in the train. with the matter of provisions. and sanitary conditions. Those of us who were members of the committee which went to Germany and saw the train with 3.100 bodies in it which stood in front of the camp at Dachau know what it is for people to be shipped in freight cars under such conditions as would cause many of them to starve to death. We know something of the sanitary conditions in these freight cars. The report speaks of the conditions in the freight cars. stating that people were treated like cattle as they were being shipped westward and finally wound up in the American zone. for which we are responsible. The fourth part of the report is headed "Plight of refugees in Mecklenburg." Eyewitness report of a woman social worker. It tells of the many cases of typhoid which exist there today. It says the county hospital in Hagenow is equipped with 400 beds. but had 900 patients.
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