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The archdiocese in Breslau under Polish occupation documented the following.

There, where the number of Germans who had remained behind was about 300,000, it has been officialy ascertained that more than ninety per cent of the babies, a very large percentage of infants, many young mothers and old persons died of starvation. As a result of the shortage of fats, dysentery broke out and claimed many victims, all the more so as the medical supplies which had not been conficated or stolen were soon exhausted. Since dispensaries usually sold their goods in exchange for zloty..., the majority of Germans were not in a position to buy any medical supplies. For the same reason it was practically impossible for them to obtain hospital treatment as a deposit of 200 Zloty ... had to be paid upon admission to hospital. The Germans were obliged to sell the few peossessions they had managed to save, such as linene, clothing, electric stoves, jewelry, etc., to the poles in order to obtain zloty with which to buy a little food. It must be remembered that from May 8th [1945] onwards the Germans had been obliged to get along without receiving any Polish money (in the form of wage or salary) and without any official allocations or food rations. The misery and distress of the population in the towns was indescribable. ... It is obvious that, under the circumstances, many persons were at their wit's end. The number of suicides increased at an alarmingrate; in fact, there would have been even more suicides in Breslau had the gas supply been available. Ref: Death by government By R. Rummel. p. 301