(J. T. A. Mall Service)
The head of the political police in Dwinsk, M. Bredis, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and five of his officers have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from two weeks to three months, on a charge of torturing 35 Jewish boys and girls from the town of Kreslowke who are under arrest on a charge of Communist activity. The young people are all members of the local Jewish Culture League and were arrested during a search conducted in the Club.
For several days in succession they were submitted to torture in order to force a confession out of them. Several have been crippled for life by the maltreatment to which they were subjected.
The 35 young Jews have been released until their trial on the charge of Communist activity, which will be opened on March 16th. They all deny having any association with Communism, and contend that a number of red flags and proclamations found in the vicinity of their club were deposited there by agents-provocateurs.
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