Living together as a community of locals, evacuees and refugees, American occupiers, liberated forced laborers and prisoners of war is not easy. The population of the town has grown to at least twice its pre-war size, and there is competition for the scarce food and goods. In the immediate post-war period, crime is also a major problem. Many Germans are particularly annoyed by the former forced laborers and liberated former concentration camp prisoners who now live locally as homeless foreigners (displaced persons). In 1947, the head of the Murnau police reported to the district administrator of Weilheim about the displaced persons camp in the Hotel Post: "A particular problem for the local community is the former displaced persons housed in the Hotel Post in Murnau, Hauptstrasse 86, who have since been issued with German identity cards because they refused to return to their homeland. They are to be provided with German food from now on. According to a list submitted to the mayor's office, there are 97 people of Polish nationality, including 45 men, 42 women and 10 children... These 97 hotel inmates are said to have been former political prisoners. A few days ago they approached the municipality of Murnau with the demand that...they should all be provided with a complete set of clothing, including linen, as well as vegetables, potatoes, wood and coal. Since the municipality of Murnau has never been able to provide the requested items for the former DPs, as it does not have the requested items at all, they were asked to submit their demands to the responsible department in the Weilheim Economic Office. It can be assumed that these people, if they stay here permanently, will represent an extraordinary burden for the municipality, which not only extends to economic matters, but also to criminal matters. It is known that these people do not have a regular job, but for the most part only make a living from the black market. At the time of their deportation, they not only caused difficulties for the American authorities by refusing to return to their homeland, but will remain a permanent source of unrest in the area and pose a continuing threat [!].”