NAZI ATROCITY
BOMBING OF BRAND IV. RED CROSS IGNORED. SAVAGE AND MERCILESS CRIME. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) BERLIN. April 30. The official radio mentioned a Norwegian report of the bombing of the hospital ship Brand IV and claimed that German airmen were instructed to adhere strictly to international law and never to attack hospitals or hospital ships under the protection of the Red Cross, provided they were marked. The Norwegian Telegraph Agency interviewed the Medical Superintendent of the Brand IV. who said: “Five German bombers attacked us three times. They must have seen large Red Crosses painted all over the ship. The effect of the attack was appalling. Everybody aboard was more or less seriously wounded by bomb fragments. The ship went aground and the Nazis machine-gunned us as we landed and kept up a merciless attack for over an hour.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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145NAZI ATROCITY Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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