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Show PRISONERS TELL OF NAZI CRUELTIES The stories being told by Allied prisoners of war, freed by the quick advance of Allied armies, contain amazing recitals of cruelties cruel-ties inflicted upon them during captivity and apparently establish beyond reasonable doubt that the mistreatment of prisoners of war as intentional and represents a deliberate policy adopted by the Nazis. Those who were kicked, flogged, starved and over-worked were the lucky prisoners. Packed into filthy quarters and in boxcars, they suffered suf-fered from lice and disease. At times, they were forced to march long distances, improperly clothed, improperly fed and without protection pro-tection from the weather or the hazards of warfare. Space is not available to repeat the horrible recitals of Individuals who lived through this torment and are now recuperating but it is easy to understand the impatience of an American Lieutenant-Colonel who was a . captice for ten months and now worries because his friends "back home" probably will not believe his stories. The officer admits that before Pearl Harbor he took dispatches about German atrocities "with a grain of salt and put them down as propaganda," but adds, explosively, explo-sively, "Propaganda, hell!'' |