The Polish Supreme Court has confirmed sentences imposed on Endek rioters, ranging from three years to four years four months imprisonment, for having participated in anti-Jewish riots in Zywieck, Krakau province, in March, 1933, it was learned today. On March 16, 1933, a mob of Polish peasants, incited by Endek, anti-Semitic anti-government political party members, raided Jewish shops in Zywieckarea with the object of looting them. Police, who were called hurriedly, fired on the rioters, killing one and wounding several.
Later police arrested Endek leaders responsible for inciting the peasants. The arrests extended to the cities of Krakau and Bielsk. Most of the Endeks seized by the police were found to be heavily armed and stores of arms were also reported to have been discovered.
The lower court, which heard the cases, convicted the whole group arrested by the police, but the cases were at once appealed to higher Polish courts.
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