Aachen: Frau Spittel (Spittel und Franken textile factory) was beaten.
Düsseldorf: on the night of Wednesday to Thursday 20-year-old Oppenheim was knocked to the ground on the street by SA or SS men, and repeatedly mistreated. His mother and sister who tried to come to his aid were hit too. Medical help was refused.
Vreden (Ahaus district), Westphalia: three Jewish families live there. The men – Morgendorf, Heymann and a third – were fetched from their houses and totally covered in black (tar or soot?). Then one was clamped to the front of a two-wheeled cart, the second had to push it, and the third had to place himself on it. They had to trot through the town like this. If they did not go fast enough they were kicked, beaten and spat upon. The men were then forced to go barefoot across glass fragments.
Essen: Albert Bergerhausen and Walter Forst were fetched from their beds on the morning by an SS Rollkommando. They were only allowed to put on their trousers over the nightshirt, and then had to go to the synagogue where they had to watch as it was set on fire. During that there were cries such as “Throw them in too” – and similar.
Essen: Robert Blumenfeld (poulterers), Kasteienstraße, chairman of the RJF was beaten and stabbed in the head during the looting of his shop.
Essen: the prisoners were first admitted to police prison. Then they were examined there for fitness for custody and work, and those aged over 55 were transported away in trains whose windows were painted over, to an unknown destination. In prison they were comparatively decently treated.
Heinz Nassau