UNRRA records relating to a riot in a displaced persons center in West Stuttgart reports letters statements.

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UNRRA records relating to a riot in a displaced persons center in West Stuttgart reports letters statements.

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Contains information about an investigation conducted by members of UNRRA Team 502 as a result of a riot on 29 Mar 1946 by Jewish members of a displaced persons center in Stuttgart, Germany, of which Harry Lerner was the director. US Military Government officials had authorized the German police to raid the center, and subsequent action resulted in the death of one Jewish displaced person and injuries to three others.

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Formed in 1918, the Third United States Army was commanded by General George Patton during World War II. From the description of Third United States Army Publication, undated (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 49047743 ...

Lerner, Harry

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Harry V. Lerner was born in Memphis, Nebraska. Prior to World War II, he was an attorney in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War II, he served in the US Army in Europe. After the war, he joined UNNRA and assisted Jewish displaced persons. In Sep 1945, he became director of UNRRRA Team 502, which was responsible for two Jewish displaced persons centers in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1946, he married Clare Lerner, who came to Germany as a volunteer worker for the Jewish Relief Unit (British). Mr. Lerner w...

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