Report on anti-Jewish actions in Dresden and Chemnitz, including the disruption of a prayer service, arrests, physical abuse, and the breaking of shop windows

PRESENT OPERATION AND EFFECT OF THE ANTI-JEWISH MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL GERMANY, Pages 23, 40-41.
From
Ralph C. Busser, American Consul, Leipzig, Germany.
Date of Completion: April 5, 1933.
Date of Mailing: April 10, 1933.
In Dresden several weeks ago uniformed "Nazis" raided the Jewish Prayer House (Bethaus), interrupted the evening religious service, arrested 25 worshippers, and tore the holy insignia or emblems from their head covering worn while praying.
Eighteen Jewish shops, including a bakery, mostly in Chemnitz, had their windows broken by rioters led by uniformed "Nazis." . .
Five of the Polish Jews arrested in Dresden were compelled to each drink one-half liter of castor oil. As most of the victims of assault are threatened with worse violence if they report the attacks, it is not known to what extent fanatical "Nazis" are still terrorizing Jews, communists, and Social Democrats, who are considered as favoring the old Parliamentary regime in Germany.
Some of the Jewish men assaulted had to submit to the shearing of their beards, or to the clipping of their hair in the shape of steps. One Polish Jew in Chemnitz had his hair torn out by the roots.
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