DEVASTATION IN GERMANY

Southland Times, Issue 24863, 1 October 1942, Page 5

DEVASTATION IN GERMANY

R.A.F. RAIDS CAUSE DEMORALIZATION

(Rec. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29. Evidence is accumulating of the extent of the damage and demoralization caused by the Royal Air Force raids on Munich, Bremen and Oslo in the last 10 days, says The Daily Telegraph’s Zurich correspondent. Newspaper announcements indicate that at least 200 persons were killed in the Munich raid last Friday. Royal Air Force cannon fire on the night of September 19 wrecked the Munich-Berlin express and killed between 50 and 60 passengers, mostly officers returning from Italy and North Africa. Bremen is reported to be a “scene of hopeless devastation. Vast residential areas have completely vanished and the inner town is a heap of debris.” It is reported that 30 per cent, of Bremen’s population is sheltering in buildings unfit for habitation. More than 200,000 Hamburg residents lack suitable winter quarters. A report received in Zurich from Berlin says that over 100 holiday resorts in Germany have been closed because the authorities have confiscated the hotels and lodging houses to accommodate German wounded.