The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
of
Polish White
Terror Grows

n tA@HN
- cism, which has intensified the
white terror against the revolution
airy working class, has attacked the
working class youth with especial
ferocity. The number of young
prisoners who are incarcerated in
Pilsudski's prisons is steadily grow
| ing. The sentences passed by the
courts are becoming more and more
severe, whilst the technique" en-
ployed in the Polish torture cham
bers to extract confessions" etc.,
is being perfected"
This article contains a number of
facts which have happened in Poland
during the last three years, facts
which are known personally to the
author.
Mass Arrests.
In general arrests amongst the
working class youth are carried out
unfortunately and for reasons
which are no reasons at all. The ar
rested are held under arrest for
months at time.
The following is typical case:
JOSEPH WINELAND (Lodz 1920.
This young worker aged Id years, /
was held under arrest for 6 months
as "a dangerous agitator." Finally
the authorities were compelled to
release him on account of a total
lack of any evidence against him.
The Polish police spies have be-
come experts in collecting evidence"
against the arrested young workers.
Torture.
In the prison of Bendzin the young
prisoners are brutally beaten and
tortured in order to force them to
sign the protocols of the "examina-
tion." Upon the basis of these
protocols they are then sentenced.
/ The Lodz prison completes with
the prison in Bendzin in its treat
ment of the young prisoners. Cor
poral punishment" is daily oc-
currence.
| The prison in Warsaw which had
previously not used these methods,
found the process to be valuable
and also commenced to use these dis
gushing methods of examination.
The terrible brutalities of the police
against young workers arrested in
connection with a demonstration in
the end of January 1928 are gener-
ally known.
By means of torture the "Defen-
sive," the Polish political police, at
tempt to extract statements from
the young prisoners which will COM
promise them and their comrades.
A favorite method of torture is to
pour liquid into the nose The fol-
| lowing are a few facts concerning
the Investigation methods" of the
defensive:
LEIB SCHATZ, aged 20, tailor,
arrested on the 18th November, 1927,
was held by the defensive from the
18th to the 18th of November. He was
beaten up every day, struck in the
face, kicked and beaten with sticks. y
Statistic Torture.
BORUCH DEMBSKI, aged 81,
| joiner, arrested on the 28th Febru-
airy, 1927. On the day of his arrest
he was beaten up by the defensive.
Because he refused to put his sig
nature to a blank piece of paper
his hair was torn ont
HERSCH GAKEN, IT years old,
woodworker, arrested on the LIST of
March, 1927, on the street He was
beaten about the head by the police
and his arms twisted up behind his
back causing him great pain. When
the attention of the prison doctor
was drawn to the bruises and con-
illusions, he said, ''They will go away
on their own"
JOSEPH KOLO, aged 20, cap
maker, arrested on March ID, 1927,
was examined" by the defensive
on March Is and beaten about the
face and head.
ELI MALKISMAN, aged IS, wood
worker, arrested on November IL,
1927. During his examination by the
defensive he was beaten about the
face and head.
FRANZICHEK SHEPOVSKI, aged
"a, filter, arrested on March ~, 1927
and remained in the Warsaw head
quarters of the defensive until the
18th of March. He was beaten about
the face and head and punched in
the back. After the beating he was
placed in chains. On the 10th he
was taken for examination to Bara-
novitch where he was before the in
vestigation department of the police
for five hours during which time
he was struck on the skull with the
butt of a pistol and punched in the
| back
ITO Be Continued.)