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JUNE 1947

HONTRLY REPORT

1ITLAN IT 77 rux::EPl'ION CENTRE

ONTVLY REPORT FOR P IOD I - 30 JUNE 1947

REPORT OF C DIRSCTOR

It is still too early to record success or failure of the neY overall re~istratian procedure.

Firstly, are awaiting receipt of the vital controli books and cards upon ich most of the success should fall.

SecondJ.y, ~he photographing bas not so far been in receipt of the reception hoped or. It has been termed as Concentration Camp routine of ich they have already sufficient, a system that ould be better employed for the control of criminals th.an DP' s, and lastly rhat is common to all DP' s Jewi~h or Non Jewish is the dislike of copy photographs being kept in the H.Q. of an internaticnal organisation to ihich the DP's feel t:iat too ma.nymember goverment officials would :iave access.

T irdly, the :physical alterations have not so far been completed for ant of odds and ends that req_uire money for the purchase of.

levertheless the ord of hat is hap· ing seems to have gone t e rotm.ds iciently to bring back to Camp and ap ently also rom other Camps, quite an influx of A 70IS eage to c;et back on the Camp strength hoping o tless t ~t by so doing t ey wlbll evade the photographing bat is in present being, solely for ne arrivals or those in res ·dence :rho are not opposed to the idea.

Unf orttma tely during the pa.st tuo ;reeks the Fi era di · la.no, (In ten ational engineering exhibition) seems to have claimed

the personal attention of all photographers in tom, includ:ing the one i.mder con tr ct, resulting in t e e 'I DP' s that ere willing to be :photogTaphed, mostly n arrivals, being kept hanging a.round for several dn.ys in the Camp ith no referral slip or m 1 tic et etc.

Importance must once again be stressed on the availibility of R •• to give transfer clear.ance as soon as possible to DP's fully processed. T e Camp strength should never be up to maximum capacity 'by at least 300 if the elasticity of transient is to be retamed. The Camp must always be in the sition to accept new arrivals.

Finally, although the difficulties and set backs o ly have so far been mentioned it is quite fair to say that what has ~o far been done has prov eff ctu.al in a mu.c'1 lareer way than in the pa.st, :partic a.rly o help is the esence of the N .I .D .P. of ice in the Camp giving us the im."!led.iate contact that has been previously missing.

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.Keeny on lis visit at IT.77 Camp, and contains t e suggestion to e ... rate la.r6 e rooms in smaller ones. s soon I will ge the necessary

material · 1 start to do this wor~. e ecided toget 1er wi t'1 the } edical Depar en t to open an extra

baby roo ne eby the mothers can tring them in t e morning, whcr a ba ,y nurse i supervisinQ the· mshi -, swaddling and feeding in order to give a corr ct eatment to t e bies and to teach the young mothers how to tre t th· babie • i room m.11 have an xact r co .i whereon the doctor can ,ri t · s complain ts on every reeks medical inspection.

The ref ore we prepared a room hi.ch 1 d corres on to all necessities and contains ·ra.shing and srm.ddle tab_eso To this occa.ssicn. I ~ d like to tion a letter r ceived by .Shoo from Rome, where:in rra.s s ted that all ' bies necessit · es muld be given °b'J UilRR. • Immediately ordered some i terns b our Supply Officer, but nothing · s eached ·.1 yet • he situation is act-ually ver;1 dif ~icu.lt ' cquse AJDC is in possessio..ll of a co lf

of th t letter also and therefore at once stopped~ eir assistance or us. I ould ap. iciate ver-J ruc1 a quic solution :in this matter. It is im-ossi le to leave babies so long wit1out bath tu sand p rumoulators ecc .

i.TION IIP TO l3y a mi derstanding, mich came · th the rumour of a total

evacuation of our Camp, .. Ii e assistance of AJDC has been very s:nall and o y at the last mo~ent it wa posoible fcrr them to help us a littl out of th.e troubles. e hope to ge in fu th assistance for our DPs un 1 tered as C

acti ri t - t i month because of our pty store. Onl;f fe things far iom n and babies ar a le to be distributed and not' · fol~ men.

According t in t ct ion DPs should r ce · v ter their third ing, out no nine; ha a.rri"i.red in ~he Camp.

ACC The plan of accomcd.ation, m tioned in my last mont ly

report, carried out · th goo succcs • ·or'--rs · liv:ing in one floor i biee in single rooms .

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wor:-ing 9t.:,"l'8.in because of the fact that the Cat 1olic S ';udents wer a,dn._, the: could not Je rish foo,-; , t the studen ~s , r o i ad

to give unpaid sorae assi"' ce to t' e cite en if necess

rit t e c 1ild.ren. ClJLTUR:

A new children kite en ·t' ·inin0 -room anab es us, elp of /.JDC school c s, to .;i,-e 5 oeal y to the Their tea.c ers arc takir,e th'3m to t e dini1-,;- oom.

lounue-room has b13en reo ened in another room and can y in the mor.nL'r1g to late in the evening . ~ :

A lot of work v/8.s asked for the decora. tions, ~ ic are succeeded well and we invite the ·.ve1_ e Br c or an ins ... ctian . D :

reduct·· a· • SPOR. :

e orc1es ~ ~~ e eoo ~ ogress in spite of it ' s

In this period sport has been e ded nore forte new ~ri 1s 0 S:99cial attention is dram to the cnildren's s~o t.

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'ONTHLY REPORT OF C REPATo & RES _L OFF . IT 77 lIL! 1i

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Thi has been quite an active month . As already reported an the previous mont y report , our main concern was to get this Camp ready to start on June 1st to work as a reception centre rith a new re~istration and control record system, which will include the :photographing and finger rinting of all DPs in Camp or applying for c~re .

Therefore e tried quite succesfully to move soCTe 700 DPs to ot er Camps, keeping here a pennanent group of DPs representing the static population ~hcih is employed for Camp maintenance , workshops, training etc .

Being as the new in take procedure ms not complete, the da­te of starting was post oned to the 10th of June , at which date the Camp was reopen d tone arri ls.Still no instructions ere received refernce the new registration and contro system. By the 10th instructions vere received to commen­ce admittance of DPs . From the 10th to the l?th of June the arrivals reached the figures of 2?8 , of vb.om 85/~ came from Austria, the rerrain:ing 15; beine; persons

o ere before receiving out of Ca.mp cash assistanceo On the 16th of June this Camp was i..?J. eceipt of the Operational Instructions N° ~PR- RR.PAT 23 Subjcet: Instructions re . photographing all DPs in Camp and Hae :is roth.

Following the instructions therein contained F •• A. Branch ilan had arranged :or a photographer to be down at this C mp on the 17th of this

month for photo aphin.; all DPs . Unfortunately this operation met a str!Dllg op o­sition from the side of the DPs ~ho definitively refused to have their photos ta­ken . Through various can erences which have been held by the Camp Director , the Camp Coumittee pomted out that the DPs fused to have their photo taken because of t e number they had to bear an their chest . This was remainding them the t i me of Concentration Camps and ghettos; beslide they pomted out that being photographed nth the number ras just to consider them at the same level of some criminals .

Natu;rally it was impossible to complete the photographing at this Camp and of about a population of 668 DPs only 26 non-jewish DPs had their picture taken.

Instructed Rome H. 0 o of the problem , a few days later we rere in receipt of a cable stating that photographs lID.lst be taken rl thout the num­ber, and that the Je;;ish Central Coil'.Bllittee in Rome mtended cabling all Camp Com­mittees giving full support on this matter o Still at the :present moment the Com­mittee of this Camp has not received from their Central Coranittee in Rome this ca.­bl , and at the present stage DPS in Camp stil reffuse to have their photographs taken .

Personal opinion of the natter is that DPs do not care so nmch of having pie tu.rs taken with the number rat er than Ti thout , but 1n,wmuwi1 principally cause they do no· .,...: c to have pictures of them all around , fearing that thos pictures 1ill inter Tit their illegal movements to Palestine , or they may be used by some polit·c 11Ja.ckgrounds int e future . F'.:i.rther mstructions from Rome H •• are a ited in order to sort definetively this problem, 1hich stops any develop:!lents of opentions .

REPATRIATIOU.

Activity on this Branch has been practicaJ.ly NIL. 'le have only to rectord two DPs repatria-1-ed. to Hungaryo A good amouht o in or:nation r.iaterial has been received during thsi month and duly passed over to the Camp Library.

RESEPI'

fe still have the usual work such as the correvpondence to the various Consulates, compiling of applications forms and giving general :infonnations for all those DPs who are plannine; to resettle.

o resettlement took place dur:ing thsi month.

T _cnm & INFOR '!ATIOl •

Still a good number of lett rs of enquiries have reached this Camp and prompt ansi.rer with requested inf omration has been give .

Repat. & Resettl . Officer .

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C HEl LTT : Faire

alr ad reported in the ast mo~~ y report, required from t e Command O e nominal li t of the Camp inhabitants; t is bas been

cei · c basis of this e made a co trol of o o records an rted out th ival o t ose h ar OL . T is ena :as us

to make sure that our r ports a out :i...11ocu_ations are nearer the truth. During thi mont have , d abou 400 neu rivals to the Camp. At irst a c-re"J.t dif icul i s wit their illll!l1J:lization because t'1ey o d n t or t e 2nd and 3rd shots. e hav ed many imes ... Ca::p :::lixector, · elfare Officer, Committee and lice~ t· ·s rasult in ~ore upport o the a.fin 's and success can e reported. In 1e co· se o this month we made more than 1';00 :L."1.oc ations;

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of er arrivals had the 3rd shot al o 1 t e nai.'tlder d 1 ave it ee s

to report .

ing ' e onth we se_'J.t to Italia.11 Hospitals 9 ti~· ts. 5 d.f tJ:.is er or delivery, 1 for abortus , 2 sureic 1 cas sand ~.irgic 1 case of eyes.

<ile cardiac subject is gon to •• D.C. Sanatorium rona.

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Ll130R.! rnoRY ACTIVITIES: m:ier.1oe,lobin estimation Er-,rthrocyte count Leucocytr c01.m t Differential leukocyte count Defection of malaria Sediment.time of erythrocyt Urin examination Feces for worms Difteria Autovaccine Serologycal

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(Sta philococ cus) exam .for typhoid, " " typhus "

11 brucella Smears test for gonocochi Kahn t~st for Syphilis Sputum for Koch DEl.lJ"TAL smVICES :

Chest Bones Stomach

paratyph .

Nothing to report . GE'mRAL CiiEANLINESS :

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After the great evacuation of D.P. ' s in the last month many rooms of the Oamp were whitewashed and most of them were tidied, so the conditions for the moment are more satisfactory - apart from the garbage , which is not satisfactorily collected. HOSPIT'L:

The number of patients is not too high compared to thepopula tion . But this number could still be cut down if ·we could obtain a place in A.J .D.c . Convalescent home, Rome.

EDI C L SUJ>PLIES : The last stores arrived after delay of nearly one

month from the indenting. NURSING SERVICES :

-l"~sing ervices in the Cam:p sontinue satisfactorily, eig1t hour shifts are being 7orked and a nual leaves given to versonnel :in turn.

Inventories seem to be required evecy two weeks of late, thus taking much valuable time.

The latter does not show a great c~ange between the last two months, but constant policing and carry:ing of lr.eys is necessary to conserve rhat small stcicks re have , patients persist in enter:ing and leaving the hospital as they wish and I feel sure, that it is by this means th3.t pyjamas and small articles are smuggled out of the ospital, one feels at times that it is futile to attempt to keep a controll of linen.

The water situation which for two weeks have been critical in the Hospital, is not to be eased accordin.e; to todays Italian Paper, the only remedy to be seen at this moment is for an ad.equate number of bins with covers to be placed at the toilets, the Hos:pital T tchen and in the Ilospital itself, trul.y life has its :problems.

CHILD . . On the initiation of the lelfare Officer we received

room for Baby-care (bathing, feedi..vig, advising) . The elfare Officer ha provided the necessary articles to furnish t e room, so the rork ~ill commence probably during t e 1ext weeks .

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1) ~OU OF C • This oamp has entered another phase of its role and is now operating on a semi-transit basis. A total of 400 DPs have been admitted during the past month and more aro still pouring in. This figure does not include-the 340 Static population who have to be taken care of in the no 10.l :manner and who constitute a burden to the new scheme in force. The nuraerous jobs of processinr;, acconodating and clothinG new arrivals entails a. considerable amount of headaches and whenevor co-cporation is not forthcoming from Contrc.l arehouse and Field lo.rehouse, prob le " vhich could be settled in a fe;r

ruinutos become almost o.n ir.1possibility to tacJrlo satisfa.ctortitly. 7ho title of this co.mp i.e. ~ransit Cruap, at the moment is a o

v;rongly o.p'">liod. ...his is due to the fact that a state of overcrowdo -ncss s :..ill e::ists, in that the Static population ostablishmont should not e:xcood l;he aoo mark, at any time. uch depends on this factor if quic, action on all demands is to be assured from the now dopletoc1 skeleton staff employed. Forecasting and rough guessing are the order of the day when it is a question of R utions and cquire .. eni;s. Il:; is to be 'l?praciated that sometimes there is no fle:cibility on "!;he part of DPs., hence temporary dis sa cisfac tion arises.

2) SUPPLIES l: ______ Instructions e arding the submission of Requisitions a month previous to the ctual issues have been complio uith to the letter. Ho··rever, there still exists a cimo lag bot .con the order when forwarded and actual. receipt of comrodities in S-.ore-room. oamrhile chore are cases of real necessity and 011 these numerous occasions

the Supply Branch is fully put to a test whether it is capable of providin the nccoss:11·y article uithin a short; time. M 1era is also rife a ha.bit of a.skin:; for a Physical InvontDry every third week a. ,.a obv· ously this cripples vrnrk qu · .;" il. measurably.

3) Is sue __ of PJS . ♦°:. t_· OAS _r_or .. r _0_11:_th of .a • A tot 1 of 600 \.dul t and 67 Children's ... ations have be n J."vceivod and duly issue to earn or.,01mel.

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It is felt that this heading should replace the usual 'G:2NERAL' by virtue of merit. So much has circulated around the daily wether report., which inoidently hasn't changed for the last five months., as to make the precise utility of local Camp Daily routine orders most insecure. Trans­port.,rations.,welfa.re, medical, training progressive, workshops and many other minor items owe their present existence to - a succesful campaign against the weather.

e had expected., and hoped, for signs of a partial break to appear sometime during mid February, but no, one still gropes ones way around through fog, rain,and snow. Stjll trying to combat with late de­liveries; stores become damp, fuel becomes damp, or perhaps one should say., comes damp; to open windows is to entice into rooms the the pre­vailing conditions that exist outside •

.FARE

The extensive culture programme that is nearing completion should provide scope for a particularly long report for the ensui~ per­iod, to include also details regarding O.R.T. activities.

CLASS I & 111 State as at 2400 hrs 15th February 1947

VoFo • Kirkaldie Camp Director British Class D.A. French Camp Store Keeper British Class

s. s. Barg Chief elfare Officer British Class ss P. Nethersole Camp Welfare Officer British Class

Mrs. O. Stern Camp elfa.re Officer Palestinian Class

· ss P., Nethersole returned from England on the 26th of January 194 7.

I I I I III

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Ca.mp Director

ACCOMMODATI ON STORES

Items of Office furniture etco, requisitioned6 P.2. per last months report~

KI TCHEN EQUIPMENT & MESSES •

.ALL Kitchens & :Messes as per last monthp with the exception that i n the Class II ess many items of ess crockery has been made available from the Group,Warehouse, the long promised mess furniture is still awaitedo In the Jewish Mess, 25 more tables & 50 benches have augmented the seating accommodationo

EXPENDABLE COMMODITIES AND STOJlliS

Miscellaneous Items

Sod.a is still paramount and still a non-issue from c. G. Warehouse, being purchased from 08.lllp funds.

The supply of sawdust is still coming (by local contract) in steadily, so ~ar there has been no hitch in the flow, to keep the corridor and kitchen floors clean this is indispensable.

Stationery

Adequate replenishments are obtained periodically from the Warehouse when requiredo

Typewriters

One extra typewriter has been issued recently forihe use of the Camp Committee, whose paper-work appears tp have increased in view of the Camp I rag' that will shortly be published""

Blankets

Many of these are old and decrepid and need immediate replacementa

Mattrasses

The Camp manufacture of these are nearing completion - 9finalmente'•

Iron-Beds

In the vernacular I suppose we could say I we've 'ad it I after 1 2 months of continued reclamations and perseverance ... however we never give up trying to convince the 'folks' down in Rome that a few diligent searches for double-iron beds may prove fruitful

Sports Equipment

It is felt that MroRudy could be very helpful in at least trying to replenish our depleted stock with a variety of indoor am outdoor sports articles, after so many unfruitful promises~

GENERAL REMARKS

To safeguard and protect items held in the General Stores of this Camp, one of the Guardie Jiurati at present on the strength of the Ca.mp and doing daily duty here, sleeps by night in the Stores, this should eliminate all future 'furtos9

FOOD RATIONS Flour made a thankful appearance in the Ration Stores and is much appreciated by the various kitchens, we hope that the future supply will be uninterrupted and continuous.

FOOD RATIONS ( cont.)

The annexe to the food ration store (corridor) is, during the course of the next few days, being equipped with fresh vegetables receptacles, this will eliminate the wilful waste of vegetables, that are unforgiveably rotting in the hlain Jewish kitchen This is being put into operation in " colleganento " with Capt. Wright of the Hygeine dept.

After the 10,; increase in the bread ration, we are greived to receive notification that this ration is now only 12 ozso per diem 6 days a week ( one day of biscuits J instead of the hitherto 13½ oszo per diem 7 days a week.

TRANSPOllT

No. change in CalI!P holdings from last month. ( One Jeep was obtained from Ga.rage Pool on loan during the" indisposition" of our faithful and antiquated 15 cwt. personnel varrying vehicle.) Nos. and lf..akes remain as follows:-

Ambulance 3 Ton Ford UNRRA NoG 3108 Ambulance 3 Ton Ford UNRRA No. 3100 G. ;:;. 3 Ton Chevrolet UNRRA No. 6242 G.S. 3 Ton Chevrolet UNRRA No. 6251 G.S. 15 Cwt Chevrolet UNRRA No. 6074 Motorcicle 350 cc. .Matchless .D. nOo 05803254

Observations

As per last month

EXTRA NOTE

FUEL

Coal made a very welcome appearence on the 15 February with an issue of 13 Tons. None has been received since, but we hope that this first issue is the forerunner of a continued supply.

ELECTRICAL E>'.:)UIPMENT

The necessity of this cannot be over-emphasised owing to the continued necessity for elctrical maintenance in the Camp ( provoked to a great extent by the irregu­larity and fluctuation of the electricty supply in li.lan ) . 100 i of this expensive equipment has to be purchased by much needed Camp funds .

0 Camp Stre~eeper.

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UNITED NATIO & REHABILITATION

DIRECTOR IT 77, ,ULAN

P. UBERTPLLI, .o. IT 77

HNI '£ TIO

lila.n 16th ebruary 1 947 '

'trB.JECT 10 EHLY xAJffiATIVE REPORT.

1 • PBESEI 1"T S~~.A.t<,F :

Dr. Lazzeroni Dr. Polonskyi Dr. Fbertalli Dr. Kor'-'nJ Dr. adin~er iss Price

Miss Catalani J°iiss Pagliaro Miss Bettoli .Miss Bedon tlss Busi

Miss Tarabusi .ivdss Riccardi Miss Goldberg Miss Zalb

ss Fryberg Del Negro Ovici

Dr. Landfi sh u.ss Heilbrun iss Fryberg

IBCIAL ACTIVITIES

None.

4o C ,IP HELA 'l'H

Hello Class II Italian s. . o. Abraha 11 " Ls.tvian . o. Pier Carlo I! 11 Italian .o. ( te lpo) Zolt$.n ldlAn Lilly Clara Fulvia Nerina Amneris Paola Tellia Anna G-o s. R. Terzo Abraham

Jospeh Chaja Ro

II II Itf'J.ien .Bacterolo gist II II Jugoslav Dentist II I British Camp Nurse 'uperv. II II Italian Nurse in • I. Room. II II Italian Nurse in Hospiatl II II Italian II II

" 11 Italian II II (temp) II II Italian II II

II II Italian rt II

" II Italian Nurse aid (tempo) D. P. Roun:a.nian " II

DoP Polish II " D. P. Polish II II

Class II Italian -1:ale nurse aid Class II Roun:a.nian Dentist 1echanic

Polish Class II sick fro 24- 1-47 Roumanian D. Po from Hospital to dlan Camp 24- 1-47 Polish D.P from ,;ilan Camp to Hospital 25-1-47

Fair, no evidency of malnutrition.

5o NUTRITION STATE

Good

6. INOCULATION STATE

The last weekly report shows an improvement and the monthly report of February will shows the slow but continual improve ent . 1 ost of the population has re­ceived small -pox in8culations, that means that the refugees are coming for the

first inoculation, .. ~ en tl ey have nall-pox , thypul. and T.A.B. It is ore difficult to have the refugee fro the second shot and it ' s a very hard. job to et the for the 3rd.

TATE:

During this ont h the patients state has not reached the s e hi gh figure of t he past onth, that ' s cause I a trying to keep in th lospital onl t ho-se refugees, ho really need Hospital care . n:y have been admitted for diagno­se and indication of treat ent ; others for T. B. observation. 17 patients have been sent during this onth to civili n Ho pital in 6.lan for surgic 1 treat ent, specialist treat ent , or delivery. One death : Raskin ospeh , Russi an , 50 years old, sick ro carci ona of the t hroat . Three cases till seriouslv ill : a) ne wo an o has been operat ed or epiema of t he gall bladder and received

Penicillin treat ment . One an who has been oprated for lym.phoaarcoma. One wo an who has been operated for perit:.>nal abscess and treated with strep­tor.tlcya ; previousl she was in Hopsital sick fro broncopneumonia i n VII

onth pregnancy and she had a premature deliver y of a still born baby ; at that ti she had penicillin tr at ent .

Re ugees sent for X Ray

Chest Sto ch Gall blad.der Bones Skull

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Camp Hospital

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a) traction of the · sdo tooth i n difficult position with abscess ; under pentotal anaesthesia .

b) Three re oval of dermoid cysts under local anaesthesia. c) One incision of inguinal abscess under pentotal anaesthesia.

G>RY.ACTIVIT S ( f r o 16t h of January till 15th of February 1947 )

He o l obi n esti ation o •••••••o•• o ••·••••·•·••••••o•••••• 38

hrocyte COW1t ••••••••o•••••••o•••~•o•••••••••••• 38

Leukocyte count •••o•••••••••••••• o •o••••o••o•o• o •• 39

Dif.erenti al leukocyte count • • • •••·••••••• • •·••••••••o••••••••• 39 11 ction or [al. ia ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 0 ♦ ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ota

Sedi nt tion ti of erythroc es •o••••••••••••••••••• • ••••••••o•• 22 Urin ex ·nation ( eaction ; speci i c gravity; qualit at vt.-

albur en ; qualitative su ar ; sediment ; occult blood) ••o• o••·•• o o• O••········••o••• o ••• 97

~ ear test for tubercl e bacilli c ••••·•• • ••••••·••••o•••••••o 6 eces examination or Orms and ovas o••········••o••········ · ·····•1 5

ar- test and culture for di phteria bacilli ••••••·· • ••····•• • ••••• 1 ear test for· gonococci ••............ . ... • • • • • ... • •....... 9

ilihn test or syphillis ♦ a Og ••············• o • • ·· · •• o · • ····· Fee ex ·nations or typhoid ( culture and

serologically identification) • o••••• o• o••• o•••• 1 ocxi exa •nation fro ,:) o ••••••••••• o ••••• • • o•o ••• O•••••••~

317

8. DENT :I,

11 •

Up to date the refu0 ees are satis .. 'ied with the dent 1 ervic1;;s re d red. dental professor fro the town of ulan s called for n extraction

oi' a thooth in dift'icLllt position ; the operation s perfor ed under p n­total a11aesthesia. The dentist visit ekly the Hospit patients.

As last month many patin ts were ad ·tted in Hospi 1 sick from respi tory apparatus, febbrile catharrahs , rheur tis •

HO PITAL

ha.ybe in this r port I rill rite the same di fie tu ties I met last month : a) The winter is still fighting against us, and h d soire days · thout

wood and ..a.ter ; now- we have wood but it's so t that is very dif icult if not impos ible to keep a stove burning.

b) Last month I said that the policemen were only 50,: efficient ; this they r 20,3. rany days of this month I remained ithout police1 en when they wree here, they were more inclined to seat near the stove, to do their duty.

onth and than

c) The cleanliness of the wards ( also if difficult beceuse the pts. do not realized that they are living in hospital) has i proved, because the two new cleaners are much better than the other two we discharged.

d) Visitors in hospital; is a continual going in and out of visitors, due to the fact that the policeman are not efficient, or because there is no po­liceman at the Hospital 's door.

e) Isolation : there were t on rooms ; one is transformed now as maternity department for ,om.an after their delivery with their babies. Another is for ps . I have had a bad feeling that·: the :umps cases - I think -are daily visited by all the components of the Kibutz - they are children under 17 years. The maternity may be cli>nfused between a luandry ar.d wash house, where there are not only mothers with their babies but husbands and friends.

11JRSING Si ICES:

See the report of Camp rurse Supervisor.

12. GENER.PL SANITATION :

I proved if we compare it to the last month but have not yet that clean-liness which should be an a camp of about 1390 refugees. I c nnot forget that the spring is near. Precautions are suggested in order not to have epidemical diseases. I would like that an Hygiene Officer core early in the mDDning to see the Crunp, the coDridors, the lavatories, to see the corne:ss of the corridors, when there is every kind of refuses. But I ust re enber that this cleanlin ss job may improve only if the camp population will help the sanitation squad, keeping as clean as they can the rooms am corridors.

13. OD&KITCHEN:

a) Separation of the diet kitchen from the Hospit~l kitchen improves both. The patients in hospital a.re pleased with their food also if in the last

ek we were unable to buy fresh eat and eggs, the reason being that the­re was no money.

b) The refugees who are feeding in the diBt kitchen are not satisfied of the quntity of the food. Generally in this diet-kitchen there are pre­gnant omen after VII months pregnancy, patients suffering chronic sto­mach deseases, people suffering from debility, people without tooth who need soft diet . It's my opinion that the quntity of the food is not enough.

14-o DISINF ' TATION

Tvrice every month D.D. T. powder is spread on mach room of the camp. One sanitation squad is orking in the C&mp.

15 o ,:EDIC '.L SUPPLL"S

I have no complaints to make about this, receiving all what I need.

1 60 GENERAL (X)u liE :TS :

a) ]edical branch is upset about ambulance services. It happened to have two cases of pregnant women in labour who had to be sent to the mater­nity in the town using a truck because the two amulances were not run­ning for lack o~ petrol. I understood that the snow cutted down avery transport and petrol did not arrive in i:i.lan. But I also lmow that the ambulances were used in the emrgency tine owing to the snow, as taxi . I feel that the a bulances should be used solely at the discretion of the medical section of the Camp.

b) Vhilst it is pleasant and less worrying for the new mothers to live in hospital tlth their babies, it is essential that they return in the Camp with their 1::a bies ; in this w-ay tbey r,ill gain confidence in looking after the babies and also live more of a fam:i ly life.

c) As the O~p Nurse Supervisor is busy preparing the Adriatica Camp,quite frequently Milan Camp is without a Camp Nurse Supervisor.

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ES: Since m r turn from Rome on ebru ry 26th I -------....-1 n in the C s C mp Nurse Supervi or . iv Cl ss II nur es nd three nurse ide still provid the 24 hour nu ring s rvice for the Ho pit 1 nd .I. room. The policem n ( p rm nent) ow posted to the Ho pit 1 h helped con id r bly the smooth r runnin of the Hospit l ; th firm n too i a Jd..ju:a~iJ s ti f ctor, but th los of our Cl II m le nurse id en t t we ve not m n round hoc n open bo ea

nd c rry h vy rtiol s to. it could be ppreci ted if r pl oe­m nt on be found.Our medic l secretary 1 settling down ell to her n w work, but h re gin uns tisfactory mes ing al ping o­comodation i interf ring with hr ork. Since edic 1 Comfort heve been tr n r d to th Genral Stores this men th t the littl room djoinin the tre tment roo in the Ho pit l ill b fr ; thi room is unsuit ble for 1 eping; it h be n re ~et d by Doctor nd ur s th t this room my b us d s am iorl mess. I think thi would be v ry sati factory if p rmis­ion to u e the room s uoh were gr nt d nd th tr tion could b

tr n f rr d from th Ola II mess to Ho pit 1 kitchen, th coo is wiling to cook for 8 extr p ople.

DIE -KimCHE: The di t kitchen is unsatisf otory in th t th food helping s rv d to th speci l di t p tients do not correspond 1th the mount of food gen r lly 1 sued to the kitchen from th stor. Difficulti s too re ex rienc din distributing the xtra milk to preg nt & nursing mother, the l tt r refuse to go to the diet kitch n middle morning nd middle fternoon · for milk.

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UNITED NATIONS RELIEF & REHABILITATION All1INISTRATION ======================================

IT 77 . DP CAMP MILAN

MONTHLY REPORT FOR PERIOD Dec I6 - Jan I5 1947

1 1 7

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2. forthcoming, then the tul re ao o - availability is xplai • Con qu tly thy, th O ttee otten able to pr otical augg etio or or to improv-ise th materials available.

h resp ibility; th C tte underta.k to daily of cl.othi to the clothing store, rat to

ha , d,,..W<"'""'i.u,x their 'rights 1 • Thia list ia po t the to. at which they sh-ould t are in which case the dia-tribut y. But---and it ha.pp ten----t only 160 pain ot exo oota t 00, or, it the quality i that good t '• t iaaued wit f inferior brand ol _...~.11~... Co gi n th authority to issue must th re-for accept ot able probl ey d 't al ya think of a suit th y to th ofti re it ia disowssed and th · moat ,uu,._ th test

I e ataff can only produo lim--1 t d reaul , the ot achieve sol ly, all that th ire; t any probl to ther w1 th a 11 ttle pat , t tind it ao

Perhapa i that t Co tte are in a much vo posit is ao T.Ltally oeasa.ry ill a buildiq

1,500 ous i ti••• It is particularly fioi the aouro of o o be able to extinguish auoh te li a at birth. It is difficult, this form ot aelf-governm nt, o f the secretive ma.Jmer

i ed n.rioua depart nt. OaJmo·t take a tt part confide without the t el s of mistrust, it must be all or ot oJal.y 1• it a the Co tt require our help, but we who all th he t c be obtai fr th Co •

FORT C ot be at t aa tiaf' tory until such ti as an di tio perao 1

hiole be all t d to help meet th i reaaing d ds daily. Forttmately are staffed with good dri rs o haw very eff'ioi ntly t

t e re ath r oo of th past few eka. oad conditio ~ e d plo:r-ble but to dat thy oo through without inoide t.

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aki ao , · tead ot appe• detailed viz. the CUip laundry, auddenly appeared 1 iat ru of

tory. Such gariea duri an Itali nt r th It pluabi ia 8 •

h ot thi icrularly trouble riod with tro pipes, broken

brokea pip a, inautfici nt heating, lack of electric current, lack ot hot water or for that matter, oven cold water, it wa found im.possibl to obtai aa:wduat. Brokea pipea had vo ·ted nter fro the oisterna on to the noora alo th comdora, freezing, ani leaving a nic carpet uf ice. At th • time, 1,500 peopl ge to 'walk' i quite lot of anow i a day, a.nd thia mixed up with th daily dirt left a sight, ghaatly to beholdo To attempt to clean floors with hot nter waa truitleaa, it froze i ediately. After period ot Di e de.ya • conditio re al.moat tol-rable out in the stre t we obtai d a turth r aupply of aawduat.

WELFARE In gen ral. terms th Welfare department apart from ita normal routin fl.Ul()-,

tions he. not had very muoh opportunity to 'do things' - most d partm nta, includi g welfare have had too busy a tim trying to keep the Camp goi d ce tly agai t ao many disasters, the ex:era bodi a that have still a.re deace .. -.. . .._, upoa us.

The position is rapidly b cam. g frightening. We re squeezing people i as we topped the t 1 ve hund.r d mark, ».ow the figure ia sixtee h'Ulldred till we are squ zing peopl in. I wondering how beds I oan t i otti , t er should room for two or three double beds if only double da were obtai ble.

MEDICAL Milan Oamp ems still to be a traasit Ca..q:, for medical claaa II perao

one can nevr expeot to s th f o • daily in. th hospital. Th h ii.ti .. ~ nts aw oan be termed as aatisfaotory as far as it ia posaibl to hat t e plac

with out coal. Stove a have bee i tailed in each roo and two oil bu.mi t'uraacea in the corridors. A 1 as the required fuel ia o h d the place is

haoccula:tione are never a very popular feature with the DP' a, ita the mo11t bitter pill they have to awallow, :x:oept that many ot th •• pilla ha: ' t beea naJ.,.. lowed of late o The maia complaint agai t their not desiri g the edle aeema to be that they have too much to worry about aa it is, to keep 11 under the pr ae t oo di tio without being bedde aft r an injeotio:ao

Now that PX it ms a.re bei isau we hope that it will prove an e:f'teo:tive lever.

CLASS 1 ·& III PERSONNEL Mias P.Netheraole proceeded to Engl oa the 12th JanuarJI for 14 days leave

State as at 2400 hrs Jaa 15th 1947

V.F.w. Kirkaldie D.A. French Mrs s • .Barg Mrs o. Ster Mias P. Nethersole

Camp Director British Camp Stor keeper British Chief Welfare Ot'tio t British Camp Welfare Officer Pa.leatiai Oamp Welfare Officer British

Olaaa I Claaa I ClaaaU. I Class III Clua I

_____________________ -.r __ '.r _________ ~------

OONCLUSION One often wonders it lQ8llY peraoJ111el executives outside of C atatts can

really asaea the tremendous dif:t'icultiea that exist within th com'i a of a DP Oamp. For nearly four we ks, this Camp as exa.mpl , has had to acooamodate ~

ly 1,600 people at a ti , feed, clothe, amua within limi ta, and w:L th a te per tu.re of MINUS 10 DEGREES. Overcrowded to the extent of 400 atill to hav to tind room for even more; knocking together bed with sor p pieces ot wood, hopi that the warehoua can supply th xtra laat mi.nut eded blanket , tilling ia wi on with uy matreial available, as already stated, broke pipe and froze pipea, tu 1 difficul tiea, ice in overor rooms and corridors, to have to think of auoh dis& tera to p pare against a far aa is possible, epid mioa, risk ot fire with ao _."I..Ll..__._ag water aa

t Ottioe tund. ture eto , requiai th t • I that duri th t Physi y .. up,

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3 to Ford 't011. Ford 3 to Ch n-olet J ;o•

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Jlr Sturdy Ope tioa.a' Serv.io • Supenisor.

to the ~ i ame T ry dittioul t to oiro,mmi.a t H v: r n ao • or aooide ount red Ou di T o, is to

a reoe ation ot f'orethought akiltul drivi wh t her d ly lost ol on. th slippery

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EXT NOTE

1 - i_,,. __ t ot peat f loo uro a cu. y be 1 a aucc •• xperime ta iJL the Boile~t;,o A couultatiaa with t boil r at the C (with 50 years :x:peri :ao ) l!Sh0wec1 him to b v ry

thuaiastic about its p tibility pot ati Th ority of thia t a.ppears to be thi but root tutta h a.Tily tura.ted with earth ot pable ot gl. vi g th required 'booat I ot h a.t the boilers t t tua.t th C tral. Bea.ti Syat

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16th R'l'

194-6 - l5t Jaauary. 1947 •

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Thi• ath ha.a beea ae loq wre•tli toh wit un xp ctedly severe nt r o nditiona. On breakdown has followed another, aoh with its own aeries

of reperoussiona. Hence work on development or improvement has been put aside in favour of emerge4oy repair or maintena.noe.

GOVERNMENl'

Th camp oommi tte is now 11 in i ta stride and dealing w.t. th all oam:p function. One mber, the labour controller, left the camp and has been replao d. It i hoped that the others will remain statico Apart fro the backing they receiv here from UNRRA administrative st t, they hold the con­fiden and consider ble financial help from the A.J.D.c.

BILLETING

Fr "oro ing" condi ti one have pa.a ed to "over-crowding", the total population at the end of th month re ching 1565 - as compared with th

aaosament in G Varriohion 's cable of 20th November d 1200 and our Group Hygiene Officer's reco ndation on 25th November of 932. An inatano which can be quot d a a danger signal is that of a oabi s patient who could not be tr at d as an outpatient bee us she sin a room of children sleeping t in

a.oh bed, at a time when our camp hospital s already full. Furthermore, a.t this stage of affairs move nt is frozen and so large numbers ot refugees are being held etatio with th camp at ite woret.

It is a great disappoint nt that no tranatera have been possible from this camp to the Adriatioo. It is urged that room be made there at leaat for our group of students. ortunately, haft now lost almost all the old people who were resident here and found our winter condi tiona particularly trying.

Mattress-making ha.a continued steadily and hope soon to reach th tage whtre a small surplus in hand will enabl us to replace and treat some ot

the older dirtier on s. The tailor-shop is also turning out strong webbing of double oanvu to sp ed up r pair ot double-decker beds in cases where the wooden mattress base is saing.

HYGIENE

All toilets have been in a bad way during th last te weeks. Repair on waste pipes ot lavatori s and wash basins has not moved fast nough to k ep pace with stoppages, particularly as much canalisation is destroyed owing to o natant forcing during ole work. Kore and more bins are required to ind.uoe the refugees to dispose ot their extraordinary assortment ot ste (from ti to old shirts) by so means other than in lavatorieao Washbasins all over the aohool have b n frozen up but enough taps have been kept running to assure that should not be ntir ly thout water. An rwrgency water-carrying a rvice arr ged to meet vital aervic s.

Gene cleaning has suffer d alo with other services because any att mpt at t cleaning r ul ted in our con-idors becoming skating rinks.

There hav been rn.atzy" breakdowns in the shower service owing to lack ot tu 1 to boil rs and someti a lack of' water. The a.me applies to the camp laundry, catering for camp domestic aervic a and refugee personal laundry.

Addi tiona.l hot te a now b ing provided by a mobile h ting unit.

J'EEDING

R cent alterations in th Jewish kitchen are affording tter facilities. Further modifications are in •

CLOTHING

Th clothing store ha.a distributed st ly through ut uoh stocks as re vailabl fro U?ffiRA and th AJOO. S

garr:,. nta have be n completely lacking throughout th bitter ather, particularly men• trouser• and overcoats. llt-23 people have reo i d ao items of clothing during th month.

RECREATION, EDUCATION TC.

Entertainmen in th form ot th atri musical ahowa., cine a etc. er beginning to form a regular fe ture ot camp lite. Th 08.JJlp now bo sta it own orchestra and troup of artists 1'ho are making great headway. A New Year's d.a.noe organis by th student■ for J and non-Jen proved &r9at success.

It at r lief to 1 beginnin of the mo th that th students would receiving assist nee to th extent ot halt ot their t s, and. that FE E "WOuld help for th oth halt. 1' e are still li'ring under ve cramped oonditiona with tew fa.oilitiea to tudy., but we oa.n see no me ot improving this at te of attaira so lo a they i this o •

An interest ia being revi in sport, indoor d outdoor., and evelopmenta are •~ oted shortly.

With the present t n ency to hol p opl in this c p for ore than a coupl of eka so long s the static camps ar tun, we are at a lose to deal with applioanta tor voe tional ireiningo Our cent policy s to avoid training courses here, :f'iratly because all aTailabl s o i deTOted to dormi­tori • and a condly beoaua our population ia reluot t nough to mov on without e:ny such inoenti ve to remain here.

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pproxima.tel 500 refuge s have n REOC- gist red thi m~nth. One o of bout 100 moved on within t days ot riving and re not registered.

The usu.al r luct to report tor this waa inore aed w1 th the prospect ot hating to wait in unheat offices and ooITidor • Matt r are :now improving, partly du to the tarting-up o:f' our central heating plant during the last day or two, and partly due to our using the :f'orteit ot the PX ration a.a a lever.

There ia at last some activity on emi tion, on :f' ·1y ha'Ying succeeded in. departing for Uruguay a.Di 26 otb r retu ea 'Ying every hope ot being clear for Branl very shortly. Th AJOO migrati n offioe in .Milan ia giving our refuge•• every po aible attention si t • at e'ftl'y stage ot the prooe dinp.

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IT 77 D.P. CAMP MILAN

onthly Report for period November 16th - December 15th.

Total new rri vals for above period Total departures tor above period Total in ca.mp at 16th December Total registered since oommencement of camp

Total aITi vals for last three months Total departures for last three months

OVEMENT

816 925

1,247 21,403

3,711 2,536

This month has seen but 5o% of last months intakeo Generally it is felt that for the time being at lea.st, should not be much mvement for the next few weekso

GENERAL It is of tantaniiun:t importance at this stage, to pause a while and talce

stock pyschologioally of the results of the last six months labour, and. to compare the DP's regard to camp life and conditions compared to six zoonths previously, "ffhich was the approx. time at which the present influx conmencedo

At that period, the traffic consisted, as far as we were directly concer­ned, and interested, mainly in individuals as opposed to the mre recant flow of groups am. Kibutzeems. It oould be sumna.rised veey briefly as undisciplined for the former, and vice versa for the latter. Individuals can be classed as those waiting for passports and visas, generally to South '-America and w.i th an interest in self' only. This interest aoounw.ating from a set desire to get together money and a ward­robe and. as quick as possible a future other than in Palestine.

This naturally results in a non commmity spirit of living - they are pre­pared to accept U.NoR.R.Aos Camp care a.Di accommodation w.ith a variety of complaints, but w.ith no desire to assist in helping to make that life a laittle mre oomfortableo

• It. is felt that n:any of these DP's as such, acknowledge the Jewish Faith soiely bees.use ot its 'open sesame' to various charitable organisations and general assistance problemso

This then was ohief'ly the enviroment in whioh Camps excelled at that time, a complete laok of regard~ for other people, and no wish to obtain better levels of sooiabilityo

Later came the Groups and Kibutzee!DS'o At first we found them to very muoh like the individuals in their requirements:, except that it became on a group level, and with 11any inter group differences.

Ma.ny were being forwarded to Haoshorotha., but until recently the IOOvement routine became so long that UNRRA was being likened to more as an obstruoticast th.an as a help, and did not help nuoh by way of trying to get response. As time passed omi. it became a ~ of 'trial by error: incidents versus patience, survival of the quick­est, a game played against people whom have been under persecution in most oases up to 15 years and who had trust in no-one not even in themsel veso It had to be brought home to them on every possible occasion that the Camp was not a private organisation interested in making a com:neroia.1 profit, but an installation ina~ated to help them as well as it was able. The effort of breaking down this barn.er of distrust and the patience needed in the operation brought a feeling tantamount to exhaustion onmacy of the employees, Class I and II until the position became desperate with DP's on one side a.nd employees on the other side near to the point of walking outo But every cloud has a lining, and it can be seen in this case. These people are beginning to laugh again, a.nd the laughter brings with it the will to do things and what is ioore important, the will to help others.

The groups have in the main been mainly responsible for the changes, plus the help of the veey energetic committee chairman.. The groups gave us material to mould, and td> introduce a competitive spirit. A committee member was placed as a wor­king member in every main key point of the camp, who were then in the position to realise the difficulties, first hand, of camp administration problems, and that nat­urally through the corrmi.ttee and its reports the DP' a also would appreciate that it is not always practice.l. to say yes to every request. Next we found it possible to employ more DP labour azxl with the added zest of the committee it became possible to remove many bottlenecks.

cont/ The first sign of cooperation came in the guise of voluntary workers. This

indeed was a successo It showed that they must have felt, that to produce a voluntary worker was because there appeared faith in that what they were doing was something that we were requesting them to do to make life ultimately more pleasanto

Perhaps the advent of the 600 children ma.de it be realised even more liltely that there is still much left in their lives to enjoy.

These children came and conquered, in well disciplined gr.·oups, and with a certain studded militism in the daily parades and drill sessions, but still with a childs desire to ply after school hours. We arranged a seperate dining room for them, and here one can see children at a meal table with table manners one doesn't often see from adults. It has made an impression on u12.nY of the ad.ult DP's and a bit of close. thinking came from it, especially again when it became so apparent that the children far from expecting preferentain treatment, were truly grateful for all that was and is being done for them.

But the problems of the non - group DP's are still many and under no circum­stances should there be a mixt · of groups and individuals, the latter tending to upset the creative spirit of the groups. The groups are now entering the period of wanting to ma.ke the camp as good a home as they can, but the individuals will always regard it as a camp that must do all of the providingo

Briefly then, it should be noted that we are breaking down that barrier at long last, of seclusion and distrustfulness, and that if if circumstances in our fav­our progress proportionately in the future as they have in the past few weeks, the bitter feelings that many have had for the outside world will dissappearo

TRANSPORT Requirements still merit the use of an additional personnel carrying vehi­

cle, one Jeep for a camp is far from satisfactoryo We haven't to go swanning or to go out of Milan for a weekend, but there are five Class I & III employees who live some 7 kilo's from the camp.

SUPPLIES The supply situation has in general improved, and with the extra facilities

now enjoyed at the new warehouse should, we hope, merit even a higher standard of delivery. Thanks must be given nevertheless to Mr. H. TR0BE and staff of the d.lan branch of the A.J.D.C. Ready money is always appreciated - if we can't meet an emer­gency, they mostly can, and do.

The long waited for convoy has at last arrived, and many of our outstanding indents are getting attention, apparently it wa.s not a particularly well packed con­signment judging by the condition in 1Vhich :t. t arrived at Milan. We are interested in this point as it llllJDq meant waiting many extra days for the stuff to be unpacked and indexed.

Several installations concerning this heading have suffered physical changes almost beyond regognition, the first being the Kosher Kitchen. Walls were pulled down and erected some other place, 3 x 300 litre boilers erected, vegetable preparation room added, and finally the scheme included at the last moment a dining room for the children. ~th it went paint, whitewash, and colourful decorations. To the new tables a pleasant oil cloth~ This violent change resulted in a need to oater more quickly and efficiently for extra hundreds, and also the need to be able to see the floor to clean it. Th.is ki tohen can now deal satisfactorily with the problem of its heavy feeding progrQJillllleo

2,000 Red Cross paroels were collected by a B:ri:tish Red Cross worker from Trieste.

Next under the hammer ca.me the complete reorganisation of the ration store and its staffo More walls went up and downo Extra corridor space has been embodied into the scheme, new staff given a good atart off, so this should help the kitchen deliveries and general controlo

WELFARE Mr. Aniiy Bean left for duties with the Mennonite Association. It was regretted

that we had to nm lose him, but despite our many appeals to retain a permanent Class I & III staff, we are innume to the many changes, in fact regarding IT 77 as a transit for all peopleo Miss Netersole at first was sent here as temporary, we hope that she can remain.

Fortunately, the departure of Mr. Bean coincided with the return of .trs. Barg, who has ag&in taken up the guiding reins.

The DP's camp theatre is now completed in all its glory. Referring to the former remarks of this report, it could be stated, that six months ago I should not have imagined such a project ever being so suoces:f'ulo They have made a oreation that must have included some of that elusive good will in its make up. It is desired actually to fully furnish it as a theatre oum recreation room, the A.J.D.C. having promised to bear all costs and to include a piano ( already installed ) and a r.ld:i.o.

Resident btudents to whom we were requested to give every facilitiy for studying is proving one of the camps biggest headaches. They need a welfare worker

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on special assigrur~nt. They have now reached the end of the academical~ ar and are in the process of talcing the annual exams. For this they need fWlds for entrance fees, plus funds which we havw- been trying to get over a period of six monthso

U.N.R.R.A. is prepared to give them food and accommodation and instructions to the camp concerned to allow all help possible for studying. But they need so ma.rzy- items in the way of text books, railway journeys to Universities, employment in the oa.mp and now finally some 100,000 lire for examination feeso e did manage to obtain the odd cheque in the past, not much, it is true, but every little helped.

The latest request was that the Group Leader be allowed to proceed to Rome on what can be termed a begging mission to various places, including the Vatican.

I was prepared to concede this request only on the condition that a letter of introduction be first obtained fran the Chief Welfare Office at Rome H.Q.so

This ha.s been granted, and the group leader dispatched to Rome on his Mis­sion., It would help considerably if the camps statics oould be gransferred to the new Adr:i..atico camp in Milan when it is ready for receptiono It can never be satis­factorily arranged to care for transits and statics ih the same Camp. Every DP naturally expects equal treatment.

HEATING The oampstaff cannot be held responsible for the deplorable heating arrage­

ments of camps. Half hearted suggestions were made by the personnel concerned as to the possibjlities of getting this and that, amd if it lt'Ould be possible or practical to convert boilers of coal burning origin to oil etc. but in the end it came to not­thing except a cold camp for a cold North Italian wintero The A.DoJ.C. came to the rescue with 40 smaJ..l wood burning stoves but the lt'OOd received from Rome for fuel wa.s of such poor quality that it couldn't be expected in the biggest of furnaceso

We are trying hard to get most of the canp equiped with these stoves, having had it held at our heads by the medical branch to close the camp hospital unless heat­ing was installed immediately. The Camp Director of any camp is a target for every­body; he can expect to be pushed around by most everyone, from a DP to Rome H.Q.s.

If a DP considers that he isn't receiving a fair deal, he reports it to the powers to be. Alternately, it applies also to many Group HoQ. personnel who expect everything to stop for the purpose of fulfilling some task or other that they may need execu tingo

Class II employees A ccxmnittee for the olass II staff members of the camp has recently been

inaugurated under the chai:t-manship of the Dentist, Dr. Ba.dinger. They are following up mB,ny of the priv:Lledges acceded to the staff members ot the Group H.Q. but of which we have never received from the Regional Office. ·

The new instructions received regarding them payment for meale and accommodation is a decided improvement and is appreciated accordingly by those of the class II staff to whom it applies.

GIFT FROM , !LAN JEWISH 1ERCH.ANI'S

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The sum of 250,000 Lire was recently received at the Camp for the purpose of utilising it for something that U.N.R.R.A. is not in a position to supplyo The fund was turned over to the Finance Office for accounting. Approx. 100,000 lire is being put to use for erecting a Cs.mp laundry, not for the camp linen but actually for the DP's. The swimndng pool will be fitted with stoves and pipes to serve as a drJ~ng room. It mll of course be a portable affair to enable us to to use it again in the summer monthso

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ACC01v!MODATION3 STORES

Items of requisitioned furniture as noted in previous Monthly Reports, compri­sing i terns of Office furini ture etc., is well maintained and is sufficient for Admn. purposes.

KITCHEN EQU IPMENr

Regugees Non-Jewish

Is adequately equipped, the present number of D.P.'s feeding from this kitchen is no more than 80, this reduction is due to departure of the U.S. nationals since last month's report.

Refugee a Jewish

Large scale changes have taken place in this kitchen in order to accomodate and feed an average of 1100 D.P.'s d~ily. In short these changes comprise the following:

(1) Installation of 3 large boiling-pots for soup etc., wh-ich willfa­cilitate the cooking problem for such a large number of feeders.

· (2) Complete reorganization of the food preparation roo~ which was effected by the erection of 3 more walls in the passageway adjoining the Jewish kit­chen and also by the erection of wooden food receptacles, i.e., fresh cunsuma.ble items potatoes, vegetables etc. ( it will be recalled that, in last months report this modification was noted, but only this motnh has been completed.)

. (3) The Jerry-field baker wh~ich was scrounged recently is now going great guns and as a pastry baker is most succesful and appreciated by the Jewish cooks.

With the above innovations the major problems will have been all viated. The wood consumption in this kitchen is obviously high, but if the supply of fuelwood conti­nues to flow fre~ly all will be serene.

Refugee Employee

In conjunction with Refugees Jewish.

Hospital & Diet Kitchen

The stove installed ( vide last months report ) has been well proven and is ope­rating most succesfully, much credit id due to the Class II Cook working there .

Class II

A fuel stove is being installed to subsidise the electric stove the latter of course cannot be operated on'currentless' days, otherwise this kitchen is adequate­ly equipped.

MESSES

Refugees Non-Jewish

Is sufficiently well equipped to cater for 200 Non-Jewsih D.P.'s although its present feeding strength is only 80.

Refugees Jewsih

From last months report can be erased the two major problems, i.eo eating uten­sils and seating accomodations, these have been procured recently viz., 500 plates and bowls from Group Warehouse and 30 tables complete with 2 benches each fran a lo­cal contractor. The Oil-cloth bought from A.J.D. c. funds recently will help immen e­ly to brighten up these tables, the former of course is easily washable. Adjacent to the main Jewsih kitchen e.nd Mess ii the Childrens feeding quarters where 6oO (apprO) are fed.

Clase II

A Class II committ ... consisting of .3 Mess menbers he8..ded by Dr. radinger ha.a been a.ppointed with the approval of the Camp Director, and deals with all problems of .Mes­sing, maey petty fogging grouses a.re eliminated in this manner. A stove has been re­cently installed but what is still awaited is the long promised Mess furniture.

EXPENDABLE COMMODITIES & STORl

Laurdry & Toilet op

Nil marks.

·scellaneous Items

To numerous to detail here, the most important a.n:l most expended are:­Toilet P per ( first ration received this month) SODA the rate of expend.Ability is approx. 200 Kili per month, none of this has been an issue from Ca.mp 'ia.rehouse as yet, but has been iocally purchased. BROOMS have been expended at the rate of 85 per month, may b" it could be said" boy that's so~ sweeping" th real truth is that they are ver-y poor qu lity, coupled with the fact some of our very " di-ligent"refugee cleaners are somewhat" hamfisted" in · manipulations in ddi-tion to the dfact that it ,iis most 4ifficult to convince a.11 and sundr-y that "eco­nomy" is the tprime word in the Storekeepers vocabulary.

Stationary

Remarks as as per last month.

Typewriters

Nil remarks.

Blankets

ith the Camp populations at maximum no reserve blankets are held in sto-re but are all in use. Being a very negotiable item on the Italian Jercato Nero, a campaign is being waged to prevent D.P. 's from taking them out with them ( wrapped round their bodies ) to be duly "flogged". Here it can be noted that befeDe old blankets a.re issued to new a.ITivals they are thorouglly disinfested by the ma.chine in situ at the Ca.mp and that is on loan from Hygiene dept., however it is pointed out that in order to conform with 100,% Hygiene, these blankets should be either com­pletely washed or new ones in exchange periodically.

attrasses

Group a.rehouse issued complete ma.tee-ial for the completion of a considera­ble number of ma.trasses, more terial is required for the fabrication of amother 500

Pillows & Sheets

Present stocks NIL. No-w that the Hospital is at ma.xianm capacity more of' the­sear really urgently needed.

Double Iron Beds.

Hoping that in due course some kim sould down in Rome will hear our heartfelt prayers, reiterate•••••••••• but then we said all this before.

Refrigerators

State unchanged from la~t month

Sports Equipment

Here we are awaiting f'rom • Rudy's recent survey of Sports •~u:i.p ent ref.!ui­rements, we a.re hoping that he will be able to augment pur present limited stock.

Glass

A substitute material and surely the blank' space tutes is uite effective.

s recently issued by Camps Group Warehouse and slowly ' arc being filled. We find, however, that this substi-

ENERAL rtEMARKS

e thank G.G.S.O. and Mr. Ed. orits for their magnanimous efforts in the past month, ar.d sincerely trust that now that they are well established at their new arehouse, they will be able to deliver the oustanding items that h ve been on demand and that are really Urgentis~imo.

SPECIAL NOTES

Fuelwood

The newest issue Jluelwood shows remarked improvement on the last months consignement, we pray th t the flow will not be disrupted, if it does, we feel sure that we shall all succumb to attacks of II eskimos nose" and the like.

Clothing

All clothing on recent is~ue from w~rehouse was distributed immedi tely to the needy and now the cupboaro is like old 1other Hubbards and needs reple­nishment. The following figures show how issues wen: effected this month:-

Total No. of Refugees clothed 1299

Sweaters 3'13 Ja.ckests 498 Trousers 44 U/shirts 470 U/p nts 413 Boots 627 0/coa.ts 91 Dresses 48 Vests 376 Kmickers 291 Blouses 4 Skirts 96 Sleeping ga.ments 73 Socks 297 Snowsuits 3 Shirts 485

CONSID, BLE RATIONS {FOOD)

Recent issue from Camps a.rehouse was Kosher eat, we are informed that this will be a. regular issue for the future.

The ration Stcmes of this Camp has come in for its share of reorganisa­tion ( including the replacement of 3 Refugees Students by 3 Jewish workers, the former were considered &s unable to cope with the job) - this modification allows for a room to be left free to the A.J.D.C. in order to Store their food supplies to the Camp.

TRANSPORI'

Nos. and 11.a.kes of Vehicles on Charge to this Camp is

Ambulance 3 Ton Ford UNRRA Ambul nee 3 Ton Ford UNRRA G.S. 3 Ton Chev. UNRRA G.S. 3 Ton Chev. UNRRA G.S. 1 i Cwt Chev. UNRRA Jeep 4 Ton Willys UNRRA M/C 350 cc Ma.tchls. W.D.

Alteration in allocation from last Month:-

Handed to UNRRA Pool Clsoed 2½ Ton Received in exchange G.S. 3 Ton

Observations

Ga.rage Camps Di ci sion G.K.c. No, 1237

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No. 3108 No. 3100 No. 6242 No. 6251 No. 6074 No. 439 No. 5803254

All vehciles have been completely fitted with Security locks on each Pe­trol tank, the only personnel who have access to these are (1) • Strignile Camps Tpt. Maintenance Officer at UNRRA Pool Ga.rage. (2) Camp Director of this Camp. It is hoped that petty pilfering of petrol will in this manner be oomplet ly eliminated. Vehicles are allocated specific days in which to refuel.

General. discipline of Drivers ha.ve improved recently and Road Discipline is being observed to a. greater degree. Here I would like to make a mark of appreciation to our six drivers, who are ever-ready and willing to perform an emergency and "non driving" duty when called upon to do so eog. unloading of Rations when Refugee wo~kers get temperamental.

The 17,30 "drivers parade" is continued as per noted previously. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

SINCERE SALUTATIONS AND GREETINGS FOR A MERRY XMAS IS ACCORDED TO D.P. FIELD SUPERVISOR, G.G.s.o. 'C.G.OPS.SPVR., C.G. WAREHOUSE SVPR & STAiF, c.c. ENANCE OFFR. & STAi? AT GARAGE- IN FACT UNCLE TO:t JOBLEY AND ALL AT MILAN H~ • H •• From Camp Storekeeper IT 77 Milan x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-:~~

REFUGEE CAMP ITo77 MILAN

W'ELFARE REPORT

16th November - 15th December 1946

ith the camp's population fluotuating between 1200 and 1300 most of the month, attention has been focussed almost entirely on the basic physical needs of refugees in view of shortages emphasized in many previou reports i.e. space, materials, labour. However, things have nx:,ved exceptionally fast and the camp has been a hive of activitt as never before. Assistance from the A.J.D.C. in money, food and equipment, together with the expansion of our labour force, has worked miraoleso

SEL -GOVERNMENT

The new Conmittee which came into office last month ia proving enthusiastic and tireless. Ea.ch member is responsible for a speoifio depart­ment of camp operation and has considerable authority. Although the various members were originally taken fran + butz groups in transit, it is the intention that they should now be a permanent body. ~\etf,act that the Committee has a strong Kibutz bias has in its favour a resultiiigJof siovement out of this camp, where the "private" individual ha.s tended to become rooted. At the same time, the welfare department endeavours to see that individuals detained here for a specific purpose ~e. go medical) are adequately catered for.

BILLETrnG

Laalc of heating is still a sore point. The building is naturally bleak and oold, with some doors of necessity open most of the day and oonatant w:i.ndo-..brea.kage which all our efforts do not completely eliminate. Again the A.J.D.C. have come nobly to our aid by the provision of stoves, which are being fitted as quickly as possibly where the need is most urgent, starting with the hospital which had reached danger-point. An e:rdea.vour has been made to give preferenoe for such comforts to our workers, who are legitimately sta.tio.

It is highly desirable that our sma.11 remai~ static element, including all students and non-Jewish refugees, old people, pregnant women, mothers and babies, etc., be transferred to the Adriatico, if their various needs can better be met there than here.

The recent assessment of this camp on a space basis does not, in ray opinion, leave a:ny margin for segregation of sexes or family needs; this is, perhaps, of secondary importance so long as our traffic consists of Kibutzim, vmo invariably prefer to be hous as complete groups and not divided, unless they are of sufficient size to be already organised into units of men, women and families. Most of the groups of children passing through this month are com­pletely organised and are automatically billeted in separate quarters for boys and girls.

Supplies of canvas were received at last this month and mattresses are being turned out as fast as possible to meet the deficiency. In order to give this work priority the tailor shop is closed for almost all other work during normal working hours, and arrangements made to open it during the evenings for repairs and other urgent refugee work.

FEEDrnG

Under the able supervision of our Palestinian worker, Mrs. Stern, hasty arrangements were made to iay on special facilities for the children, who now number nearly 500. Corridor space had to be utilised to construct a dinillg room, which could even then only feed the children in relays. The supplementary food now being provided for children includes milk and bread from U.N.R.R.A. 1

and cakes, butter, eggs, j and chocolate from A.J.D.Ca The main refugee dining room has at long last been equipped with

additional tables and benches, which speeds up the meal service considerably and. gives le s excuse for food to be carried away to the dormitories.

Recent alterations to the central kitchen include an extension into the dining hall, the closing in of corridor space for vegetable preparation, building in of three large boilers (provided by A.J.DoC.), fitting of two soya stoves to assist the washing-up service. When the work is finished it is hoped to give much better service under more hygienic conditions.

HYGIENE

Closer room inspection has improved the standard to a certain extent, but the various departments inter sted never have to slacken their drive. The Jewish refugees differ from many others who have passed through our camps in that they are used to an indoor life, so that under winter conditions they tend even more to shut themselves in their dormitories for la.ck of comm.mi ty rooms, the lack of heating encouraging them to keep windows closed and spend IIDlch of the day in bed. Under such conditions the rooms never remain clean for long at a time.

AJs-: far as personal. cleanliness is concerned, there is a perpetual complaint about the shower service failing owing to la.ok of fuel.

Refugee laundry has been an acute problem. The small camp laundry proved inadequate to meet hospital needs during the winter, and the subsequent arrangement to send hospital linen to an outside laundry has now enabled us to put part of the laundry at the disposal of refugees, according to an elaborate plan devised by the committee. Further alterations are in hand to provide more laundry facilities, and it is hoped to convert the one-time swimming pool into a drying room. A practical ironing service already in existence has been expanded by the purchase of additional irons. Lo.ck of space prohibits further extension.

CLOTHING

The clothing store remainsone of the busiest services. 1299 refugees hlN.e received clothing of some kind this month, but supplies have never bden adequate to meet all needs, particularly of winter garmentso We are thankful to have retained the services of Miss Nethersole, who has devoted all her time to this work. If she ~ be transferred equivalent help is essential.

CULTURE, RECREATION ETC.

The children's groups passing through have come in the charge of teachers who devote every min:il.te of their time to them from morning to night. Lessons have proceeded in the dormitories, and in the last few days the old schoolrooms, used for a couple of months as dormitories, have reverted to their original function.

Work on the recreation hall has at la.st been completed. As the only conmunity room it has to serve different purposes at different times. Regular entertainments are being provided by the children end by .adult artists. The camp already boasts a piano and it is hoped to purchase secondhand instruments to build up an orchestra, on funds furnished for the purpose by A.J.D.C.+ Facilities for indoor games have also been supplied.

After lapse of two months another cinema. show has been arranged in camp by the return of the U.N.R.R.A. !llObile cinema. • . Unfortunately the unit of' the Press & Infonna.tion Dept. at the British Consulate wa.s absent at the same time and so we have never been able to ~ v.-:: fre,1..1ent and regular shows in ca.mp as we should like.

REOC REGISTRATION, EMIGRATION ETC.

At the beginning of the period we lost the services of Mr. Bean, with a great ota.l of regret. His place has been filled temporarily, but we shall be gla.d to come to a permanent an-angement as fa.r as REOO registration is con­cerned0 In a:ny case, when our intap, of refugees is heavy and output .f st, a. was the case t the beginning of the month, it is impossible to cope with the job on a staff' of oneo

Following a recent verbal instruction, REOC cards have been completed also for ohildren under 16 una.ccom.panied by parents. Since large groups of children have come in recently, including ve~J young ones, it is thought advisable to complete only lists, as each group moves from here as a. fa.mily.

Much difficulty is still experienced and much time lost in getting people to register, in spite of such efforts to oblige them as withdrawal of food cardso To assist our own check on this and possibly any other camp to which the refugees are transferred, we have started to sta.wp.~ on index cards, for every RlOC'lC registration on and after OC M ii Saturday, 14th Decembero

Of the 815 arrivals this month, 650 are registered so far. Of these only one indicates a desired destination other than Palestine.

Following the establishment of an emigration office of the A.J.DoC. in Milan which seems to have better means of assisting refugees with emigration, we a.re now passing much of our enquiry work and documentary follow-up to them. We a.re particularly pleased to know that in such cases where the Joint are able to arrange a block emigration, e.g. to Brazil, their own organisation hopes to be able to take care of the emigrants for a. short time on a.rti val in the country concerned.

GENERAL

\Ve cannot emphasize too much the real help we ha.ve hs.d from A.J ~D.C. with ready money and supplies in kindo

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Rheumatism and respiratory diseases - due to the coldness a1kl overcrowding of living quarterso The weather also could '!)e held responsibleo

Nursing Services

It has been mentioned in previous onthly Report-s, the accommodation of the 1'1urses. I feel that they are handicapped in giving full justice to their work, due to the following facts:-

(a) their living quarters are without heating, they have stone floors, only cold water for washing, no bath and too much noiseo

(b) Until recently they were working in a Hospital, which also had no heating of any kind, in consequence of this they have succumbed to colds, thus prejudicing the energetic nature of their work. Innooulations have now been carried out. First shots of Tyj:>.us, Typhoid and Small­pox have been given to all new arrivals in the Camp. we have been quite successful up to date, but we are still having difficulties getting the people in for their 2ndo shots, they appear to prefer to starve for three or four days rather than have them..

.Antinatal Clinic

This has been started, and will operate ever:, second Friday as such. For ba.bies and children it operates as suco every alte · te Friday (as Childrens Clinie)o

Food and Kitchen

Food cooked in the Diet ili tchen is good and very appetising, howeer we ha.ve experienced great difficulty in keeping the food hot after it has left the ~itchen, due no doubt to the draughtiness of the stairs and corridors in addition of course to the coldness of the hospital dormitories to which places the food has to be transportedo To alleviate some c£p the heating problems, e a.re installing a small stove in each ward, in the near future, we hope to get the additional heating for the corridors - this ind ed will be a great boon.

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A complete FFI was carried out of the whole Camp population when the new food cards were issued. Only ONE case of day lice was found, many cases of nits, and • fe·~ sca1ies all of which have been treatedo

edical Supplies

edioal ~upplies arrive promptly ani are plentiful for all edical necessities. A fe special eo.ical upplies are purchased from the A.J.D.Co fundo

Gen ral Copnents.

The laundry is at present being contracted for by a local laundry and is sent out once per week. e a:&.'e hoping to arrange for this facility twice per week, owing to the quiak change over and the large number of scabies cases in the Isolation.

There are still a number of alterations to be completed in the Hospital in order to make it an efficient unit, but we think that one the _ends of the corridor are boarded up and stoves installed, we shall be able to go ahead and accomplish more, even so the patients are much more contented now that stoves have been installed in the dormitorieso

e are hoping that the new 1• I. Room will soon be completed, water is laid on and a stove is to~ installed. This new inauguration has helped a gteat deal in the reorganisationvihe Hospital, inasmuch as we have now the I. Room as a separate entity from the Hospital.

Appreciation is felt at the help given by Miss Warr n and Dr. Ubertalli in the recent reorganisations - both have had wide experience in Campso

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Subject: Report on disturbance in camp during evening duty; 19.9.46

At about 20.45 last nigh~, Dr.Feryszka reported to me that two of his women V.D. patients, Levi Sara and Weber Esther, had escaped again from hospital and that their presence in refugee dormitories was causing trouble.

I immediately broadcast a call for Dr.Morgenstern, member of the cap committee whose particular interest is hygiene and medical problems, .to investigate the matter with us, but as he did not report we went upstairs alone.

The corridor where the trouble was said to have been was quiet but t.u:r:ee ,b;00):Jle re1,.iained, two of t.he camp police and the epyleptic lad Rotsajd Siw.on. On our enquiring what was the matter Simon excitedly and incow ... rently .l:-'oured out a stor.Y o.f having discovered t e one caL.!}? policeman, 'alder Istvan, together with one of the girls w}10 had r·un out of hospital, and accused .uiru of sL,::ei,Jing with her in spite o::.: current information about her. Istvan gave him the lie, launching out at tle same time with lis fist. Simon then seized a ell.air i'rorn the room behind him and r.an at Istvan but was I1eld back by the 01,hcr camp policeman. The two lads then flew off down the uorridor, Istvan leading, with the policeman at their heels, in the direction of the stairs down to the gate. ]eanwhile I located Werber, the comLittee illember officially on duty and asked for any other embers of the committee and Jehuda, the refugee leader. The only ones to be found immediately were Kupferminz and Adler who proceeded with us to the Gate Office. By this time a crowd had gathered in and on bo_th sides of the Gate office but there were no signs of the two lads. We succeeded in dispersing the crowd.

The Chief civil police, Del Frate, and Werber were instructed to find the two girls and return them to the camp hospital and arrangements were made to lock them in the V.D. ward.

Simon shortly returned into the camp courtyard, illOre subdued. After talking for a while together with Dr. Feryszka, Kupfermnz and Adler, Simon received reas~nably my su6 gestion that he should come and talk over the matter in the morning. Here I left him with the two committee men and as the camp was quiet again returned about 21.45 to my office, ascertaining on the way that the two girls were now locked in.

• Shortly after 22.00 hrs more noise came from the Gate which is

straight across from my office and I could see a crowd gathering agaih: Hw::ryi.ng over I found there had been another clash between Rotsajd Simon and Walder Istvan. The carabinieri and camp police on duty at the Gate reported t,hat these two had attacked each other with knives, outside the camp, and it was apparently not until after Istvan had stabbed Si1on in the back that the knives were taken from them. Del Frate had charge of these; one was an ordinary dinner knife, the other, now bloodstained, a pointed pocket knife. Simon had already been taken up to the camp hospital, but there was no sign of Istvan. Refugees had again gathered in excited knots, disputing hotly in favour of one or other party1 appearing on the point of coming·to blows themselves. They were calmed by the united efforts of Del Frate and the Jewish leader, Jehuda, and to a great extent dispersed.

I instructed the Brigadiere of the carabinieri to hold Istvan in custody but not to let him know how serious was Simon's condition. I then went to the ambulance room and found Simon with Dr. Feryszka and nursing staff; he had already received attention but was in a critical condition and about to be transported to an outside hospital. From the camp hospital I then phoned Capt. Kirkaldie to acquaint him with the facts.

On returning to the gate I found the two committee ~embers and went with them to investigate the possibility of a detentio'1 cell within the camp in which Istvan could be left for the night.• The only possibility was a closed space leading fro y own office but this proved unsuitable so we called the Brigadiere to discuss the matter. By this time the la,:;ter had Istvan in custody in the mess of the carabinieri. The two members of the camp com· ittee felt that it was essential for the peace and confidence of the camp to lock the boy up for the night. It was agreed with the Brigadiere that the only solution was the city goal. Istvan was therefore finally tran­sferred by ambulance, accompanied by carabinieri, to the Porta nagenta goal shortly after 22.30 to be held until the morning when there would be an investigation. By this time the camp was quiet again.

signed: lyyia Bax Camp Welfare Officer

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N°75 del verbale PROCESSO VERB LE di arresto di WALDER Istvan fu Zoldan e fu Grosman

Margit , na to il 10/8/1924 a !viiskolz (Ungheria) residente attualmente al campo profughi I.T.77 di Via Carlo Dolci n. 5 I\· ilano. = per le sioni volontarie con circostanze aggravanti nella persona di ROTZAID Simon di I.lose nato a Varsavia il 1/3/1921 residente in 1,:ilano campo profughi I. T. 77 •= Flagranza del delitto.=

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 settembre in Milano nell'uf­ficio della stazione di Porta I.Iagenta.====== Noi sottoscritti Brig. Fiorani Amedeo, comandante int? la suddetta stazione V.Brig. Tartaglia Luigi nella medesima, riferiamo alla competente autorita giudiziaria, ciascuno per la parte che gli riguard ~uanto segue, Noi V. Brig. Tartaglia Luigi, trovandoci in servizio al campo profughi di via Dolci, la sera del 19 corrente verso le ore 21.30 procedemmo all'arresto del profugo WALDER Istvan, in rubrica generalizzatoT=e~as~=~~eseatue=al=ea~ab~a~e~e=ee #a=e=Giae=ai=2e~¥i­~~e il quale immediatamente dopo avere colpito, durante una lite , con una coltellata al fianco il profugo polacco ROTZAID Simon, pure sopra generalizzato, erasi presentato al carabiniere Cesaro Gino di servizio alla porta del campo profughi . Il delitto era stato compiu­to fuori del campo nella via Ricciarelli ave i due si erano affronta­ti in$eguito ad un litigio verificatosi precedentemente nell'interno . Noi sottoscritti Brig . Fiorani Amedeo, assistiti dal v.brig. Tar~aglia ea a ~ezzo dell'interprete del predetto campo, sig. MORBERGHER Herbert fu Alberto, nato a Iglavia (Moravia) il 9/4/1914, abbiamo proceduto all'interrogatorio del Walder Istvan il quale ha dichiarato di aver avuto la sera del 19 detto, verso le ore 20 un diverbio col ROTZAID per essersi questi assunto il compito di ricDiamare l'attenzione del dottore del ~ampo su una pretesa relazione intima tra esso Walder e la profuga Ungherese \leber 3ster fu Eder, di anni 19, pure alloggiata nel campo con la quale il Walder stesso erasi intrattenuto a convegno nella propria camera; di avere colpito conseguentemente con un pugno il Rotzaid il quale rimase successivamente ad attenderlo fuori del callipo e lo aggredi dopo qualche tempo al proprio rientro, tentando di colpirlo con un coltello da tavola di cui erasi munito il Rotzaid; di avere reagito colpendo a sua volta con una coltellata al fianco sinistro il Rotzaid . = vedi all.n°1 vverbale interrogatorio.========= Successiva ente, assistlti dal V . Brig. Ferrari Vincenzo, di questa stazione, ci sia o portati all'ospedale Policlinico di Via ~rancesco Sforza iJ 0 33 ove trovasi ricoverc to con prognosi riservata il Rotzaid

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• • ed abbia 10 proceduto al suo interrogatorio a mezzo de l·edetto in-ter~rete. Il Rotzaid ha dic~iar to di essere stato col ito dal Walder, incontro al uale era andato per chiedere ragioni del pugno avuto rece~ente ente, ma di non ricorda1·e se egli Rotzaid avesse o u1eno un coltello, come _ure di non super rec·sare i particol ri dello scontro non _otendo raccogliere esattarr .. ente le roprie ~dee.= to lo stato rave del Rotzaid, none stato possibile procedere ad un inter­rogatorio piu detta 0 liato. Vedi alle to 1°2~======== Sono state interrogate inoltre le ersone sottonotate, le q~ali af_er-

ano concorda ente chc il , alder ..... ntre stava per z·ientrare al campo do o esserne fu...,gi to ,.,er sottrarsi alle i1·e del Rotzaid, venne agt,re­di to dallo stesso che tentava di colpirlG> con un coltello da tavola, al che il di:;..lder reagi estraendo il .t:,,.r'O.iJr..:.o coltello, colpendo l'altro co e sopra e detto:--------Gater Alehsander fu .aier ~ fu Thova Gaoer, nato a Slatinskedoli (Ce­coslovacchia) il 15/10/1923 residente al cafilpo profughi di via Carlo Dolci .ilano. Fridman Giulio di Ignazio e di Clein Scienka, nato a Budapest il 29/ / 1922 residente al ca.po profughi di Via Dolci. Iankin /a}..'1,ian di Ichik e di Waxman Klara, Romeno, residente pure al campo profughi.= llegliamo pure processo verbale di interrogatorio della sig.Weber

Ester fu Eder e di Kalman Ella, nata il 19/2/1927 a Fodj(Ungheria) la quale pero dichiara di non avere assistito alla lite successiva del /alder con il Rotzaid.= Sebbene le dichiarazioni dei testi sopra citati siano favorevoli al ialder Istvan, non ri teniar.~o che le stesse siano sufficienti a dimostra re la legittima difesa da parte del ialder, il quale ayrebbe potuto evitare l'incontro con Rotzaid tenendpsi a distanza dal campo sino all'intervento delle autorita del campo stesso, anziche affrontare il Rotzaid estraendo a sua volta il coltello che recava in tasca.= Per tale ragione ed anche peril porto abusivo di coltello del genere proibito, con lama cioe acuminata della lunghezza di circa cm.~2, abbia mo mantenuto l'arresto del Walder Istve11 il quale e stato associate in data odierna nelle carceri giudiziarie di S.Vittore a disposizione del­la Frocura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale Penale di .ilano, per i provvedimenti di competenza.= Alleghiamo al presente verbale il referto medico rilasciato dal sani­tario del campo profughi che ebbe a ~iraticare i primi soccorso al feri­to e rimettiamo, aebitamente repertati, il coltello da tavola gia in possesso del Rotzaid ed il coltello a serramanico del Walder col quale questi colpi il Rotzaid . Di quanto precede abbiamo compilato il presente verbale in quattro co­pie rimettendone una alla ProGura della Repubblica del Tribunale di ilan? p~r conoscenza, na al comando campo profughi, una ai nostri

superior1 per conoscenza, t~attenendo l'ultima agli atti d'ufficio. Letto, confermato, e sottoscritto in data e luogo di cui sopra

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N. del verbale.= PROCESSO V'BRBALE di interrogatorio di {alder Istvan fu Zoldan e fu

Grosman Iargit, nato il 10/8/1924 a Miskolz(Ungheria) ..:."'e si :iente att" al_ei te a.l :, L_ o ::'rof'ughi I. T. 77 di Via Carlo .J.JOlc:;. r~ . 5=Milano.

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 del mese di Settembre in ~ilano,nell~ufficio della stazione dei carabinieri di Porta Magenta.

Innanzi a noi brig.FIORANI Amedeo e vicebrigadiere TARTAGLIA Luigi della suddetta stazione e presente Walder Istvan fu Zoldan,in rubrica generalizzato,il quale viene interrogate a mezzo dell'Inte~~prete del Campo .l!rofughi di Lilano=Via Dolci N. 5, sig • .lJ10RB::RGHER Herbert fu R.D.R. Verso le ore 21.30 avevo avuto un altercoconil profugo polacco Rotzaid Simon perche costui aveva riferito al medico del Campo di aver­mi veduto uscire dalla camera da oe occupata, e nella quale avevo intro, dotto la sig.na Veber Ester,senza scarpe econ i pantaloni slacciati,in condizioni tali da far presumere una relazione intima tra me e detta donna.In conseguenza di tale accusa mi scagliai contrail Rotzaid e lo persossi con un pugno . Peco prima avevo avuto gia una lite con il pol­acco poiche questi voleva entrare in camera mia e perche aveva chiama­to altri profughi per mettermi in ridicolo. In eeguito al pugno ricevuto, il Rotzaid si recava in camera propria in atteggiamento di chi vada a prendere un'arma per ritornare allo scopo di offendere.Vistolo quindi venire in cerca di me per aggredirmi, sapendolo squilibrato,violento(e un epilettico)cercai di evitare l'in­contro fuggendo fuori dal campo.I.Ti trattenni fuori per circa 20 minuti dietro il cinema Alpi fintanto che vennero gegli amici ad invitarmi a rientrare poiche si riteneva che il polacco si fosse orfuai calmato . Egli invece era ad attendermi fuori del campo,vicino alla porta d'in­gresso. Vistomi venire mi rivolse ingiurie e minacce mostrando uncol­tello. Difronte a tale atteggiamento levai di tasca il mio coltello a serramanico. Il Rotzaid mi aggredi e tento due volte di tagliarmi il collo o la gola con il coltello; gli presi il polso per evitare di essere tagliato ma non potendo piu resistere alla sua pressione compii ~•~ il Rotzaid con una coltellata al fianco sinistro . = Ho quindi buttato a terra il coltello e mi sono presentato ai carabi­nieri del campo. Il Rotzaid mi aveva accusato al medico del campo ritenendo che la si­gnorina Weber fosse affetta da sifilide e che io avessi avuto rapporti sessuali con lei. Egli infatti. quando si verifico l'alterco inizial­mente, mi disse che poiche era alla mia stessa mensa non voleva pren­dere alcuna malattia a causa delle mie relazioni amorose con la Weber . A.D.R. Nego di avere avuto rapporti sessuali con la Weber . =

Non ho altro da aggiungere.= Letto, confermato e sottoscritto in luogo e data di cui sopra.

LEGim,TERRITORIALB DEI CARABINrf r DI IILANO STAZIONE DI PORTA MAGENTA

N. di Verbale

OGGETTO: Provesso verbale di interrogatorio di ROTZAID Simon di ~ose nato a Varsavia il I marzo 1921, residente in Milano Capo Profughi I.T. q,7 - Via Carlo Dolci N.5.=

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 settembre in Milano nell'Os­pedale Policlinico di Via Francesco Sforza N.33.------------Noi sottoscritti Brigadiere FIORANI Amedeo e vicebrigadiere FERRERI Vincenzo, appartenenti alla suddetta stazione; ci siamo recati oggi alle ore 16 presso l'Ospedale suddetto alla presenza del degente Rotzaid Simon, in rubrica generalizzato, ova procediamo al di lui interrogatorio per mezzo dell'interprete MORBERGER Herbert fu Alberto nato a Iglavia il 6/4/1914, interprete presso il Campo Profughi di Via Dolci.== Il Rotzaid Simon dichiara quanta segue/===== Ieri sera verso le ore 21 avevo avvertito il medico del Campo Profughi che l'ungherese Walder Istivan si intratteneva nella propria camera con certa Weber Ester la quale era ritenuta sifilitica.===== Poca prima mi ero imbattuto in alcuno profughi, i quali, sapnto che il Walder era in camera con lei , si erano fermati a curiosare ed a beffeggiarlo.======= Recatomi assieme al dottore , Feerisqka Leone, ed una impiegata del Campo, nella camera del Walder, costui usci fuori e venne redarguito dal dottore. Poiche il Walder negava di avere avuto ache fare sessualmente con la Weber , io confermai in sua presenza quanta era stato osservato prima dame e dagli altri . A questo punto il Walder Istivan, mi si fece contro c~lpendomi con un pugno al capo.======== Appena ercu~so, i seno eccitato ed ho perso il controllo di me stesso; cercai di raggiunuere il Walder il quale se ne usci dal Campo Profughi . Successivamente trovandomi fuori , di fronte alla porta d 'ingresso del Campo, vidi venire il '{alder . I.Ii avvicinai a lui per chiedergli ragione del pugno datomi. Ad un certo momenta il Walder mi colpiva con una coltellata al fianco sinistro.=== A.D.R. Non sono in grado di dire se io avessi o meno un coltello in mano quando venne a lite col Walder:.:======= A.D.R. Non sono in grado di r~ccogliere meglio le mie idee e di precisare piu di q_uarnbo ho fatto le circostanze dell'accaduto.=== Letto, confermato e sottoscritto in data e luogo di cui sopra.===

LEGIO:NE. RRITORIALJ DEI CARAB NI..., . :DI ~.IL NO ST ZIONE DI PORT

v.::R:B LE DI interrogatorio di GAL,R AleL.sander fu Laier e fu Thoba Gaoer, nato a Slatinskedoli (Cecoslovacchia) il 15/10/1923 residente al Campo profughi I.T. 77 di Milano.~~

L'anno mil~enovecentoquarantasei addi 20 del mese di Settembre nell'Ufficio del campo I.T. 77 alle ore 18.==

roi sottoscritti Vicebrigadiere T.RT.GLIA Luigi assistito dal Sig. lORB~.GER Herbert fu lberto, e presente il nominato in oggetto, aubid~o procedu~o al di lui interrogatorio.==

.D.R. Verso le ore 21 di ieri sera 19 and. ui trovavo alla pn.:bta del cau o a parlare con il carabiniere di servizio quando ad un tratto vidi entrare in .i,:ortineria da una porta quasi sempre cluusa a chiave, essendo questa riservata alla sola entrata ed uscita degli impiegati, il C.P. del ca..1po Walder Stefan che tutto ansante mi disse di chiudere subito la porta a chiave perche il profugo polacco Rotzaid Simon lo stava rincorrendo armato di co tello. Io feci per chiudere ma feci in tempo che il Rotzaid piombo alla porta spalancandola con furia slanciandosi fuori del campo armato di un cortello in cerca del ,alder, che non trovandolo piu ritorno nel campo cercandolo in ogni luogo.=======

Verso le ore 21 e 15 io con altri compagni andammo a cercare il Walder per portarlo al campo e consegnarlo ai carabinieri di servizio al Caapo perche lo tenessero con loro a passare la notte, anche perche molti Polacchi lo volevano linciare, ma arrivati ad una ventina di metri dal cam o mi venne incontro il Rotzaid con altri Polacchi che non conosco il quale si scagliava armato di coltello, contro il Walder.==

Questi lo respinse dicengogli di lasciarlo stare e dicendomi di tenerlo lontano, ma nessuno potevammo avvicinarsi perche minacciava, tutti scagliandosi per una seconda volta contrail Walder con piu furore mettendo il coltello alla gola di questi, tanto che anche lui fu obbligato ad estrarre il coltello che fino a quel momenta lo portava in tasca, ed adoperarlo . =

Non ho altro da aggiungere ed in fede mi sottoserivo.=

" ' & roNE TERRITORIALE DEI cA&nnERI DI kILANO STAZIONE DI PORTA MAGENTA

VERBALE di interrogatorio di FRID},lAN Giulio Ifnazio e di Clein Scienka nato a Budapest (Ungheria) il 19/4/1922, residente al Campo profughi I.T. 77 Milano.==

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 del mese di Settembre nell'Ufficio del Campo I.T. 77 alle ore 17.=======

Noi, sottoscritti Vicebrigadiere TARTAGLIA Luigi appartenente alla suddetta Stazione ed in servizio presso il Campo I.T. 77, assistito dal Sig. MORBERGER Herbert fu Alberto interprete presso il Campo profughi I.T. 77, alla presenza del nominate in Obgetto abbiamo proceduto al di lui interrogatorio:== A.D.R. Verso le ore 20 e 30 circa di ieri 19 Corr., mentre mi trovavo fermo presso una bancherella a comperare della frutta, udii da un gruppo di profughi Polacchi che sostavano davanti alla porta del campo parlare di polizia civile del campo stesso, e precisamente del C.P. Walder Stefan, mi avvicinai al gruppo e domandai che cosa fosse successo ma questi mi risposero che non vi era nulla.=====

In quel memento vidi il vValder che usciva di corsa dal campo su~ito seguito da Rotzaiu Simon che teneva un coltello in mano che non vedento piu il Walder dopo poco si ritiro nel campo cercandolo credendo che questi si fosse nascosto in qualche pesto all'interno.==

Verso le ore 21 e 30 io con altri compagni, visto che la cosa sembrava cessata, andai..ll21o a cercal'e il .falder ct.;.e trova.rmo in 1.-<n campo dietro il cinema Alpi .====

Trovatolo lo abbiamo assicurato che il Rotzaid si era calmato ed infatti egli mi segui, ma arrivati ad una ventina di metri dalla porta del ·campo ci siamo visti venire incontro il Rotzaid che era fermo alle porta del campo e scagliarsi armato di coltello, contro il Walder minaciandolo di volergli tagliare la gola .==

Respinto da questi una prima volta, tornava per la seconda piu inferrocito mettendo questa volta il coltello alla gola del Walder .

Fu in quel memento che il Walder vedendosi cosi minacciato, estrasse pure il coltello che fino a quel momenta aveva nella tasca dei calzoni e lo inferse nel fianoo sinistro del Rotzaid, dopo di che il Walder si andava a costituire ai Carabinieri del Campo.

Non ho altro da aggiungere ed in fede mi sottoscrivo.======

. ' • • LEGIONE TERRITORIALE DEI CARABINIERI DI MILANO STAZIONE DI PORTA !IAGENTA

VERBALE di interrogatorio di Iankin WAXMAN di Itik e di Waxman Klara, Romano, residente al Campo profughi I.T. di Milano.

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 del mese di settembre nell'Ufficio del Campo profughi I.T. 77 alle ore 19 . ==

Noi sottoscritti Vicebrigadiere TARTAGLIA Luigi appartenente alla suddetta Stazione assistito dal Sig . NOR.BERGER Herbert interprete del campo stesso e, presente il nominate in eggette, aobiamo procedute al di lui interrogaterio . == A.D.R. Confermo quesllo che disse il uie compagno Caier Aleksander aggiungendo il particelare che quando il Rotzaid cerco di lanciarsi armato di coltello contre il Yalder, cercai di fermarle ma questi infuriate mi disse delle parole offensive in lingua Russa cercando di celpirmi con il coltello ad una spalla che fortunatamente non mi prese . =

Non ho altro da aggiungere ed in fede mi sottoscrivo .

... LEGIA TERRITORIALE DEI C RABI.;RI DI !I ILANO STAZIONE :DI P0RTA MAGENTA

VERB LE di interrogatorio di {EBER Ester fu Eder e di Kalman Ella, nata il 19/2/1927 a Fodj (Ungheria)

L'anno millenovecentoquarantasei addi 20 del mese di Settembre all'Ufficio del Campo I.T. 77 di Nilano alle ore 14.

Noi sottoscritti Vicebrigadiere Tartaglia Luigi appartenente alla suddetta Stazione ed in servizio presso il campo profughi I.T. 77 assistito dal Sig. Lorbergher Herbert Interprete presso lo stesso Campo abbiamo proceduto all'interrogatorio della 'lerber Ester in merito al ferimento del profugo Rotzaid Simon.------------

A.D.R. Conoscevo il Walder Stefan da circa tre settimane perche mi faceva la corte, ma non ebbi mai con questi relazione intima. Ieri sera verso le ore 19 fui chiamata dal Walder nella sua camera perch~ lui disse di volermi parlare, entrata che fui dopo poco venero molti profughi i quali si misero a sbeffeggiarci. Il {alder ando alla porta per vedere che cosa volessero, ma none vero che fosse vestito in modo da destare sospetti sul nostro contegno Io vidi che fuori della camera vi erano molti profughi ed il Walder si mise a parlare con loro, ma non potei capire che cosa dicessero, poi mi accorsi che tanti snon andat~ via e rimane solo il Rotzaid, ma poi non posso dire che cosa abbiamo potuto dire perche il Walder mi mando via. In quanto alla rissa avvenuta piu tardi non posso dire nulla perche ero gia a letto. Non ho altro da aggiungere ed in fede mi sottoscrivo.=====