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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Escape from the Nazis!
The Sonnenburg Torture Camp

the east court. The Nazi in COM
mand there had probably not been
informed of the visit of the jour-
nalists and was going through the
ordinary routine of marching and
singing, The song was ooh Strass-
burg" call of revenge composed by
the Nazis.
Bruening turned pale, motioned
to one of his assistants who ran to
the east court. Then the song
Wandering is a Miller's Delight
was substituted, and Jules Sauer-
vein probably did not notice what
had happened around him.
Siegmund and Bruening had
prepared several of the more COM
PLEASANT prisoners for questioning
by the journalists. These individ-
uals were carefully trained to go
into ecstasies over the good treat
ment they received in the camp.
The delegations never learned
about the medical treatment" in
the hospital They were never told
that the government of Hitler
spends only from IS to SO pfen-
nings about cents per prisoner
per day for all purposes in the
camp.
During interviews with the prom
inent prisoners of the camp such
as Won Ossietzki, Will Kasper,
Walter Stoecker, etc, the Nazis
kept a most careful lookout. Had
they made the slightest criticism
of the camp, their bones would
have been broken the next day,
Naturally all interviews took piece
the presence of the NaziS.
I am prepared for an open dis
cussion with all the journalists,
writer's and jurists who visited Son
nenburg to reconstruct any part of
their inspections and to tell them
exactly when and where their visits
tok place and exactly hoT5 they
were deceived and lied to by the
Nazis, under the guidance of the
Home Office. Such interviews can
be arranged through the Intetna-
tienal Red Aid Il. L. d. in Paris.
Ito Be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE EN-
PHASIZES LENIN'S TEACHING
ON STATE

Fighting to carry through the
general strike against all the forces
of ruling class governmental
diers, police and vigilante thugs
few of the San Francisco long
shoremen would dispute this char
acterization of the state by Lenin:
Every state, including the most
democratic republic, is nothing but
machine for the suppression of
one class by another"
This Marxist conception of the
role of the state, which is being
proved every day in the ever-fiercer
class battlees throughout the
United States, is developed at
length by Lenin in his pamphlet
THE Paris Commune" Out of
print for some time, the work is
being republished in a revised trans
lation by International Publishers
as No. of the Little Lenin Library.
The overthrow of the bourgeois
state apparatus does not at once
introduce classless society, Lenin
shows. On the contrary, the pro-
letarian revolution demands its own
state machine for the suppression
of the counter-revolutionary class,
the bourgeoisie.
1.-THE proletarian state is the
machine for the suppression of the
bourgeoisie by the proletariat, and
such suppression is necessary be-
cause of the frenzied, desperate and
reckless resistance offered by the
big landowners and capitalists. by
the whole bourgeoisie and its
lackeys, by all exploiters, as soon as
their overthrow, the appropriation
Of the expropristors. begins"
The booklet is an all-important
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
" At S IN

TUESDAY
TALK ON THE Frisco General Strike.
Why No Strike in Soviet Russia" by John
Lewis. 140i Jerome Ave, Bronx, cor. 10th
St, $50 pm. Dancing to follow. Admis-
sion free Auspices: Mt. Eden Fourth
Br F. S. U.
LECTURE "Nazi Race Theories" by Dr..
Bernhard j. Stern, of Columbia University
at National Student League, ia w. 14th
St from to $50 pm. Adm. i5c.
WEDNESDAY
LECTURE Negro Problems" by J. ".
Ford, Instructor at the Workers School,
at National Student League, ia w. i4th
St. from $50 to 8 pm. Adm. i5c.
NEW THEATRE film showings Thres
riotous films. Showings at and $50
pm. New School, 6s W. 18th st. Adm.
35c Auspices; New Theatre Magazine
SHOWING Of Soviet snti-Tsr film
"Sniper" Also Bloody Memorial Day
in Los Angeles and Chaplin com sdy. Film
and Photo League, 10 E. nth st, Chow
ing from pm. to II pm. on Saturday,
July 2Sth. Adm. zoe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Teachers Training Course
At n. Y. Workers School


At n. Y. Workers School
We have announced recently
that a Teachers Training Course
will be started at the Workers
School in New York beginning
with the fall term. So far about
ten applicants came in. Within a
week or two these applicants will
be interviewed and their names
presented to the School Committee
for consideration.
In order to get the maximum re-
suit Of such a course it is neces-
sary that the Section Committees
should recommend comrades for
this course. The lack Of comrades
trained to carry on educational
work in the Party is great. Every
section of the District feels the
need of politically developed com
rades.
Here is an opportunity for every
section to select one, two or three
members who show inclination and
ability for theoretical development
and assign them for the Teachers
Training Course. The class will
meet either once or twice a week
for an hour and half. This will
not deprive the comrade of the
opportunity for Party work. The
section committees mus bear in
mind, however, that in assigning
comrades for this course they
should not overload the comrade
with too much work, that time
must be provided for study and
reading.
The Importance of this work
does not have to be stressed here.
If we are to carry the decisions of
the Eighth Party Convention into
life, the political development of
our members is a most essential
task. Every conrade who will
complete the training course, who
will do the work conscientiously,
will be in a position to carry on the
educational work in the section,
district, etc.
The Section committees should
proceed with selection of comrades
at once. In addition, we want
other comrades to apply for this
course. The requirements are:
/. The comrade must be in the
Party at least one year exceptions
can be made at the discretion of
the section committee or by the
School Committee.
2. The comrade must present
statement from his unit as to his
activity within the Party or mass
organization.
8. Applications should be ac-
companied by a brief biography Of
the applicant.
Final date for applications is
Aug. Z.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
DHmitrof Halls World Struggle Against
FdSciSm in Letter TO BnrbuSSe ROLAND

you and your friends the cause
of the proletariat is always para
mount.
Fascism wants to turn back the
wheels Of world history. Fascism
destroys Systematically the foun-
dations Of cultural progress. 1t
increases the misery of the labor
ing masses. It openly breaches the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
STAGE and SCREEN
"The Unknown Soldier
Speaks" and Strike
Mems at Acme

1.-THE Unknown Soldier Speaks, .
a cry against irnperialist war and a
plea for peace, is now playing at
the Acme Theatre. This is a pic
ture that is different. Here the
spirit of the Unknown Soldier
speaks and protests against the
tragedy and the horror of war. The
film also gives, for the first time,
a graphic picture of the part played
by the Negro soldier in the war.
The production takes the audience
through the entire course of the
world war and shows much of the
same spirit that brought on the
conflict that exists today.
James w. Ford. Communist cam
didate for Vice-President in the
last election. appears in the film
and comments on the picture. New
scenes Of the San Francisco strike
situation are being shown on the
same program
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Workers Schools at
Camps Big Success

The Summer Workers Schools a.
both Camp Nitgedaiget and Camp
Unity are proving a tremendous
success. This is the first season
that permanent schools, under the
wing Of the New York Workers
School have been attempted.
Charles Alexander is the instruc-
tor at Nitgedaiget and Leon Arne
is the Unity School director.
At both camps, classes are held
in the open air. Courses are COM
pleted in two weeks, although each
session is a unit in itself. Statis-
tics Of attendance show that the
percentage of those who drop out
of classes is insignificant. On the
other hand, a number Of campers
who, because they come for few
days only, cannot register for the
two weeks course, visit classes. The
registration at the two camps NUM-
bers well over hundred. Count
ing visitors, the number is almost
doubled.
These classes and the weekly
open forums stimulate literature
sales considerably, especially basic
works like the Communist Mani
festo, the Marx and Lenin PAM
phlets, etc. Each camp finds it
easy to mobilize large numbers Of
campers to volunteer as statesmen,
who help circulate the books and
pamphlets. The Communist Party
and Young Communist League
units here follow up this work with
systematic recruiting for Party and
League with good results.
The Workers Schools of other
Districts should follow the example
of the New York Workers School
for utilizing the camps for the
political development Of the masses.
Lately, we have not received
information regarding plans and
activities of Workers Schools
throughout the country. This
column presents an opportunity
for publicizing the various plans
of the Workers Schools. We
urge, therefore, every Workers
School to send news and infor-
nation more frequently.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

return to barbarism. What could
intef1ectuals expect of such re-
girne but new decline of scien-
tific research, of artistic creation,
of technical achievement, and the
worsening of the economic situa-
ton of the intellectuals them
selves?
The proletarian revolution lib
crates the masses from exploita-
ton, clears all roads for rapid
progress, and with the aid Of
technique advances human mas
terry over nature, thus making
possible an unbelievable devel-
opment of creative forces. What
have already seen of the prog
ress of Socialist construction in
the short time since my return to
the Soviet Union is new and
positive proof Of the immense
perspectives which the victory of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
Hes a Literary Man.

WHAT picture aDject servity Mr. Hearst! Imagine
can Tipped individual sitting before type
writer pounding saturated the snobby of dying
class This creature airy striking taxnen would
probably suffer attack of loose bowels
voice "a couple Of octave higher Mfr Wyl
mind YOU ordinary taking assignments from
editor please is special writer" who
of the He is thought by to
literary written novel which be found
the bargain drug stores.
Here's your great capitalist culture" published
newspaper people think" which leader
Pacific strikers which leads the wolf
pack in Union which shrieks
big Navy to none"
AS Philip wy1ie call him prostitute would be to
hatter him!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

was not left in peace for a single
day, for a single hour. They made
him race through the yard and the
buildings continually, until he had
an attack, after which he spent
weeks in the hospital.
Then Nazis came to the hospital
and said, "Kasper, why don't you
finish it all yourself? Why do you
wait so long? Why do you compel
us to dispatch the matter our
selves?" an invitation to commit
suicide and warning.
This had lasted for three-auarters
of a year when I escaped. Kasper's
face tvitched nervously; it was
lined with deep wrinkles. He was at
least ten years older than when he
arrived. We all agreed that if this
lasted much longer, Will Kasper
would not leave Sonnenburg alive.
Delegations of Foreign Journalists
Deceived
GENERAL TIMES a month dele
v cation of foreign journalists
arrived. Many of these are dele
gated by governments which are
friendly towards the rule of Hitler
and are supplied with government
funds. But honest foreign delega-
lions also came. They were ae-
compa1ied, however, by employees
of the Ministry of the Interior and
the camp warden. These delega-
tions were flagrantly hoodwinked.
Often the journalists were told
truth about the military drill. But
they knew nothing of the tortures
that take place in the cellar of the
east and west wings. One delega-
ton arrived without being an
nounced. Even they did not see
the truth, since the name cards on
the cells had been turned blank
side out, giving the impression that
the cells were unoceupied. Some
of the prisoners in the cellar heard
Bruening say to the visitors, I'm
these cells, there are no prisoners,
as you can see by the name plates"
Each time a delegation of jour
nalists is announced, all the men
in ,the torture chambers are trans
ferred to the upper floors. This
practice is best shown by an ac-
count of the visit of the French
journalists, Jules Sauerwein, of
Paris-Soir.
Before his arrival, numerous in
structions were given. All the
rooms were thoroughly cleaned. The
escort from the Ministry intro
duced Sauerwein to Bruening and
then accompanied him from the
small entrance to the camp to the
small gate between the west wing
and the prisoners quarters into the
west court. He saw several of the
men who were working in the court
and many from the east wing. One
of the Nazis in civil clothing
photographed Sauerwein W i h
Bruening and the representatives OF
the Ministry. I remember in par
ticular that Sauerwein has very
grey hair.
During the inspection Bruening
said to his aide Knoehel, II only
hope this fellow doesn't look at sec
ton two of the west wing the
prisoners from the cellar are
there. :"
A few days before, a large num-
Der of prisoners had been terribly
beaten in the torture chambers of
the west wing. I am sure that
Sauerwein did not see the west
wing, and when he inspected the
cellar, there was no one there.
WHILE the men from the Minis
/" try were talking eXcitedly with
SsuerWein near the west wing,
singing was suddenly heard from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

the proletarian revolution opens
to humanity.
The bourgeoisie, stopping at no
calumny, no misinterpretation,
will do everything to make trouble
among the ranks of intellectuals
interested in Socialism. The
Reichstag trial offers sufficient
evidence Of this. The ruling class
will be helped in their ac-
tivities by the policies Of Social
Democracy, pretending to want
Socialism, but at the same time
placing itself ideologically on the
side of the bourgeoisie, and in
every decisive moment actually
opposing the revolutionary front
of the working class.
We must not be alarmed over
difficulties. OF course, you and
your friends are not alarmed. To
attain a great goal is worth the
greatest hazards. And our liber-
alton from the clutches of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

VIII.
Will Kasper, former member Of
Parliament, who had bad heart
and disease of the nerves, was
compelled to take charge" of the
prisoners of the east wing. For 40
minutes they raced around the yard,
while the Nazis watched eagerly
for the slightest sign of revolt and
handled their guns nervously.
But luck was against them. The
prisoners showed an Incompatible
discipline They we're possessed by
but a single thought Not one of
us must fall into the trap of these
provocateurs."
That evening the hospital was
filled to overflowing. One Of the
guards there who still retained bit
of human feeling made no secret
Of his Indignation, and even sent a
letter to the Home Office in which
ne accused the warden Of the camp,
saying, among other things, that
there were more injections used in
that one day than would ordinarily
be used in a year"
1t was not long after that some
of the Nazis told the prisoners con-
fidentially that the inscription upon
the door of the dormitory was the
work of one of the Nazis.
When the Black guards came to
Sonnenburg, there was discovered"
upon the same door another revo-
lutionary inscription. This time,
however, it was written on the out
side of the door. The series of tor
lures, marching and racing began
again. And again the Nazis told
the prisoners confidentially that
this also was the work of a Nazi
who had been stupid enough to
write 1t ON the outside of the door.
In September the third provoca-
ton took place. This time it was
charged that political discussions
were held near the water-pump
One Of the political prisoners was
said to have told his comrades: at
won't be very long before we will
make the Nazis march around this
same courtyard
One of the national socialist pris-
oners, a young doctor called Jung
Marchand, who wanted to win the
favor of the Nazis by denouncing
the others, said that he himself had
overheard political discussions near
the pump. A half dozen prisoners
were thrown into the torture cham
bers to be questioned But jnot one
betrayed his comrades.
Enraged at this third failure,
Bruening proceeded with a furious
forward march" treatment. Will
Kasper had a heart attack and had
to be taken to the hospital on a
stretcher Many of the prisoners
developed serious heart, nerve, and
lung diseases as a result of this
days training" Won Ossietzki and
DR.. Auslander, both very i'll, were
forced to carry on.
Save Will Kasper
VIE can never forget how strong
w and healthy Will Kasper was
when he arrived at Sonnenburg.
The very first day he was beaten
in his cell and in the courtyard I'M
til he bled. When his wife, Toni,
came to see him, she was struck
dumb with horror at the changed,
mutilated face of her husband. His
face pale as wax, hair torn out.
head covered with wounds, he stood
by the wall of the prison and could
not say a word.
He was special butt of the Ma
zis. They compelled him to take
over command of the other pris-
oners and to lead them in their ex-
ercises. They jeered at him when
ever they saw him. He was held
responsible for every political dis
cussion that was discovered" He
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Barclay and Others
WABC-Fray and Braggiotti. Piano
;l5WOR-Current Events-H. e. Read
WABC-Troopers Band
30-WOR-Brogale Orchestra
Within Ryan's Rendezvous
WABC-Melotic Strings
00-WEAF--Wireless Amateurs-Sketch
WOR-Whiteman Orchestra
wJz-Berger Orchestra
WABC-Party Issues-Talk
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German fascists shows that by
straining all forces on a unified
front, it is really possible to sur
mount great difficulties.
The problem now is to bend
every effort for the liberation of
the anti-fascist fighters still held
by the Nazis. 1 am thinking
particularly of Ernst Thaelmann,
the leader Of the German Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

item in every workers education.
Get it price 20c) from 1nterna-
tionsl Publishers. 381 Fourth Ave.
New York, or from Workers Library
Publishers, Box 14s, Station D, New
York. or from Workers Bookshops
6andi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24
''Fascism Wants to Turn
Back the Wheels
of History
Translated by
SOMERSET LOGAN

DONALROGA AOoEAAN
The following letter original
Iy appeared in Henri Barbusse's
journal, Monde, published in
Paris. 1t was sent to Henri
Barbusse and Roman ROLAND,
two Of the most famous Of con-
temporary writer's. George Dimi-
trOff's heroism before the Nazi
hangmen is now glorious page
in working class history. This
letter to ROLAND and Barbusse
brings out some Of those mag
nificent qualities which have en-
deared Dimitroff to every class
conscious worker.-The Trans
lat0r.)
Dear Comfade Roman ROLAND
and Henri Barbusse:
Having at last had the oppor-
tunity of studying the literature
of the worldwide mass move
nent provoked by the Reichstag
fire trial, I feel I must write you
a few yords. These lines are ad-
dressed to you personally-to you,
whose courageous attitude against
ifnperialist war and fascisn I
have followed with the greatest
interest-as well as to the thou
sands of poets, artists and scien-
lists who have publicly aligned
themselves with you in the course
of this struggle.
I am well aware that your in
tervention and that of your
friends during the trial was not
merely in my behalf or in behalf
Of my fellow defendants. In
whatever sector Of the world front
we happen to be, we fight against
fascist savagery, we fight for
Communism and the Information
al Communist; we participate in
the mighty struggle for liberation
to which we have dedicated our
lives. The fact that the great
struggles of the working masses
recently in France and Austria
have induced a good number of
intellectuals to join forces with
the party of the workers fight
ing against fascist reactions, has
confirmed my opinion that with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-24

WHILE the men from the Minis
/" try were talking eXcitedly with
Ssuerwein near the west wing,
singing was suddenly heard from
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-07-12
PARISBAN A HETEN

szinten nyugtalansag volt es
vasarnap a veres tiintetesek tu-
catjait nyomta Ell rendorseg.
Es Europa minden allamanak
a kormanya retteg, hogy mi tor
tenik, ha Nemetorszagban .anar-
cha sopri el Hitlert a helyerol..
Ebben hangula.ban ostro-
molja most a francia kormany
Angliat, hogy bizonyos vede1mi
szovetseget kossenek, amely biz
tositana Belgium es Hollandia
"semlegesseget" egy nemet-
francia haboru eseten.
Az angol vezerkar nagyon haj-
lamos egy ilyen szovetsegre, de
Anglia polgarsaga legnagyobb
felhaborodassal hivta fel koruna
nya figyelmet, hogy Belgium ma
sem "semleges", inert hadsereget
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-07-12
SIT. CY0RCY Sz0VETSEC

A Scent Gyorgy Gorog kath,-
likus Szovetseg Scent Mihaly
l2-ik osztalya, vasarnap tarts.tta
a rendes havi gyuleset. Ezennel
felkerem mipdazon iagtarsakat,
akik mostani gyulesen mem !.
zettek a havidijaikat, azokt5, reg
felvesszuk a havi dijat a jovo
vasarnapig, vagyis meg vasar-
nap a templomban at lehet adni d
havi dijat a penztarnoknak, az
elnoknek es titkarnak. \ oyer
mex osztaly havidijait az ugy-
kezelo Janosi Peterne veszi fel,
vagy Hajdu Jozsef penztarnok.
Kagur Mihaly,
titkar-jegyzo.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1934-07-12

a lezajl6 es a varhato nemet
+esemenyek izgatjak, inert abban
megegyezik mindenki, hogy a
tnemet forradalomnak nincs vege.
Amint a cencuraval elzart ha-
ttaron itt-ott. betekintest nyer a
Iviiag Nemetorszagba. egyre .ele-
.sebben lehet latni, hogy Hitler
a "vsres szombattal" a legszoro-
.sabb baratait, fegyvert&rsait IS
lkovet6it egyszeruen eladta.
Hitler allamszocializmust igert
Il nemzetnek IS ere az igeretre
Icsatlakoztak a proletSrok milli6i
a Nazi zaszi6 aia,. niikor mar 4
demokrata koztarsasig felig el-
viseihet6 viszoi1yokat teremtett
volna az orszagban. VI
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