Evening star., 1941-09-08
n Killed, Berlin
Reports; Revenge
Is Threatened
BY tbe Associated Press.


BERLIN, Sept. 8.-An early
morning British air raid in
which at least 81 inhabitants of
Berlin were killed was played up
under column headlines to-
day, and one newspaper, the
Nachtausgabe, bitterly assailed
the attack as especially low
down and contemplate"
Ominous hints that the Luftwaffe
soon would get around to reprisals
appeared in the press. The Deutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung declared, This
infamy will be atoned!"
Obviously with the permission of
authorities, the press went beyond
the customary mere publication Of
the high command communique. At
least a column was given to descrip-
ton of the attack (which the Brit
ish said lasted from midnight almost
to dawn and was the heaviest r. A.
F. blow on Berlin so far)
Emphasis, however, was on "the
exemplary discipline of civilians"
and the care given victims.
Residents of Berlin who watched
the British attack called it lively"
More May Be Dead.
Besides 27 dead announced by in
formed sources, a number of others
were injured and fear was expressed
that the number of dead might in
crease.
OF II British planes downed dur
ing the night, three were said to
have been bagged over Berlin.
Explosives and incendiaries were
dropped by the British aviators on
residential sections where, almost
exclusively, workers families live"
said Nachtausgabe.
THE dead and wounded among
them, old people, women and chill
dren, are lamented victims of spe-
cies Of warfare which shrinks back
at no crime, no murder"
Apartment Damaged.
After asserting that the British
failed to terrorize the population,
which it said was the raiders OBJ
jectiye, this newspaper continued:
I'VE stand before four story
apartment building damaged by an
explosive bomb. Conclusion has
pushed in all window frames and
glass. The roof is mostly torn of.
Balconies are dislodged. The side
walk is Uttered with debris and tiles.
The facade shows hundreds of hits.
I'm the garden before a small
saloon, damaged tables and chairs
are piled atop each other"
(The German radio broadcast
an official announcement that
1858 persons had been killed by
air raids on Germany between
the beginning of the war and
last August. The latest official
casualty reports for Britain put
the number of civilian afraid
casualties from the start of the
war through July, this year, at
42,257 killed and 52,125 injured.)
Der Angriff's Description.
The newspaper Der Angriff gave
this description:
1--WE stop before a school where
all victims of the attack are being
collected. In classroom, q Nazi
women's organization is already at
work making mountains of sausage
sandwiches. Milk is warmed, coffee
prepared. In another room we find
women and old people, children,
young mothers.
THE British insanity in a few
seconds has robbed them of all
they owned and have saved as fruits
of their labor. Some wear BAN
dages."
The description ended with praise
for the Nazi party's care for the
victims.
The Lokal Anzeiger quoted a
working woman as relating:
When we got over our first fright
caused by the terrible detonation of
bombs, our first thought was: Out
of the cellar! The light had gone
out in our shelter, but several had
pocket lamps. Before we reached
the street political party leaders
were already coming toward us. AL
though our knees shook, we reached
the street safely"
Said Deutsche Allgemeine zeitung:
ut looks bad in homes hit by
British bombs All the people,
however, remained calm even If they
were not permitted to go to their
homes and at first had to put up
(See RAIDS, Page A-2J