The trial of the four Rumanian gendarmes accused of brutally torturing Samson Eronstein, member of the central committee of the Rumanian Poale Zion, was postponeo today by the Czernowitz court of appeal for the eleventh time.
Bronstein was arrested in May, 1932, on suspicion that he was identified with illegal Communist activities in Rumania. During his “examination” by local gendarmes headed by Captain Panisoara, he was so brutally beaten and tortured for six hours that he was confined to a hospital for more than six months. At first it was thought that Bronstein would never walk again, but he has since recovered.
The three gendarmes and Captain Panisoara have pleaded not guilty.
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