The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-21
.DACHAU ISOLATED
BY ARMY ORDERS

DACHAU, Germany, Jan. 20
W.H-The U. S. 3rd Army's prison
err Of war camp at Dachau was
isolated today and its security
guard strengthened to prevent
further mass suicides by renegade
soldiers such as that in which 10
Russian Cossacks killed them
selves yesterday.
. However, there were no indica-
tons that renegade Poles, Romani-
ans, Bulgarians and Hungarians
held here plan such extreme meas
ures to prevent their repatriation
as taken by the Cossacks OF 1t.
Gen, Andrei A. Vlassov captured
by the Americans after fighting
on the side of the Germans.
Camp officials said a group ship
ped yesterday were the last Rus
slams scheduled for forcible repa
triation. The route of the trair
was a top military secret, but il
it maintains schedule it should
arrive in the Russian zone late to
day.
American guards here express
ed concern for the safety Of theil
buddies who are guarding the 24(
Russians being taken back to face
treason charges. The Russian!
will be turned over to Russian
guards when they reach the
demarcation line.
Each Of the seven freight car:
carrying the 240 Russians are
guarded by two American and two
Polish guards.
THAT is a trouble train" SAID
one soldier. Cali those Russians
are not going to see the Russian
zone. They'll do anything to keer
from going back. They will try to
break out of the cars or hang
themselves or slash their throats
or something"
The Russians face probable ex.
ecution for having thrown in their
lot with the Germans and fought
with the Nazi army during the
war. Other Eastern European
renegades held here also face the
same probable fate. The Hungar
ians are the next large nationa
group facing shipment home.
Dachau was isolated as an in
vestigation of the Russian suicides
was carried out. A United Pres.
reporter and an Acme photograph
er were ordered off the grounds
and the area was closed to any ex
cept essential military workers.
The news blackout was said t.
be for security reasons and {
local officer assumed that it was
because of 'too many interna
tlonal angles"
(The U. S. 3rd Army public
relations department at Frankfurt
denied that a security b1ackout'
had been established at Dachau
saying that newsmen were barred
from the camp because of con
fusion brought about by the Rus
sian riot.)
1Wo russian Officers visited the
camp briefly Saturday afternoon
it was learned, about six hours
after the suicides.
One of the guards who broke
into the Russian barracks, where
the Russians were attempting tt
Kill themselves rather than board
the train to repatriate them. tolc
Of seeing five men suspended from
the rafters by strips of shirts anc
bedsheets as well as ropes.
Some were already dead anc
others were twisting in their death
throes. On the floor were some
who had fallen when the make.
shlft lines with which they at,
tempted to hang themselves broke
under the strain.
Others who had slashed their
threats with concealed razor
blades were lying in pools of their
own blood. One lay beside =
window he had smashed to obtain
glass to cash his throat from or
to ear: Another had driven a large
nan r?l through his throat with his