Dean was on his way to the Kommandatura, hoping General Sokolov was in an agreeable mood. The general suffered from peptic ulcers and on the days they were tormenting him, he returned the favor by abusing the other attendees at the Kommandatura meetings even more than usual.
Sometimes Dean wished he could solve the issue in the good old-fashioned manner with a blow to Sokolov’s chin. But alas, the war was over and physical violence was frowned upon, at least in the US Army.
The first point on the agenda was the refugee problem. Berlin was in a shambles as it was, food scarce and housing hopeless. The influx of hundreds of thousands of German refugees expelled from Russia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, along with returning Wehrmacht soldiers, further aggravated the food situation, and also
