Brest trials
The Brest trials (
Overview
The Polish
The opposition members (who included the former prime minister Wincenty Witos, and Wojciech Korfanty) were imprisoned in the Brest Fortress, where their trial took place (thus the popular name for the election: the 'Brest election'). A number of less known activists were also arrested throughout the country.[1] They were released after the end of the election in the same month. The Brest trial ended in January 1932, with 10 accused receiving sentences up to three years of imprisonment; the appeals of 1933 confirmed the sentences. The government however gave the accused the choice of emigrating: five of them did so, the other five stayed on in Poland to serve the prison term instead.[3]
| L.p. | Accused | Party allegiance | Defender(s) | Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Herman Lieberman | PPS | Eugeniusz Śmiarowski, Ludwik Honigwill, Leopold Potok | 2.5 years |
| 2. | Norbert Barlicki | PPS | Leon Berenson, Zygmunt Nagórski | 2.5 years |
| 3. | Stanisław Dubois | PPS | Stanisław Benkiel, Kazimierz Sterling | 3 years |
| 4. | Mieczysław Mastek | PPS | Mieczysław Rudziński, Wacław Barcikowski | 3 years |
| 5. | Adam Pragier | PPS | Leon Berenson, Jan Nowodworski | 3 years |
| 6. | Adam Ciołkosz | PPS | Jan Dąbrowski, Antoni Landau | 3 years |
| 7. | Wincenty Witos | PSL "Piast" | Stanisław Szurlej | 1.5 years |
| 8. | Władysław Kiernik | PSL "Piast" | Stefan Urbanowicz | 2.5 years |
| 9. | Kazimierz Bagiński | PSL "Wyzwolenie" | E. Śmiarowski, Zygmunt Graliński | 2 years |
| 10. | Józef Putek | PSL "Wyzwolenie" | Wacław Szumański, Mieczysław Jarosz (od 02.11.1931), Zygmunt Graliński | 3 years |
| 11. | Adolf Sawicki | SCh
|
Kazimierz Ujazdowski, Tomasz Czernicki | declared innocent |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-271-02308-3. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-300-10670-1. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-16461-0. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Anna M. Cienciala (Fall 2007) [2002]. "DOMESTIC PROBLEMS AND FOREIGN POLICIES OF INTERWAR EAST EUROPEAN STATES". Retrieved 2011-11-14.
External links
Media related to Proces brzeski at Wikimedia Commons