We’ve received word that the Allies are occupying their territories without any known regulation. The French occupation has expelled more than 25,000 civilians from their homes to clear minefields in Alsace. The British are forcing prisoners of war and civilians into reparations work, as are the Americans with all inhabitants in their zone aged fourteen to sixty-five. The food situation is dire in all territories. But the Russians . . . reports are coming in of mass murder and rape. No German is being spared by gender nor age. Some are even Russian themselves or refugee survivors trying to get
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