Girl Tells Story Of Russian Slavery

Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1948, Page 5

Girl Tells Story Of Russian Slavery

Received Moiuluy, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, Augu.st 9. Aii Eust Pnissi.au girl who was tak'*n I'rnui lii'r Iiiiiih1 to work in Kussia (lirc vears ago, has retunicd -iooking lial! again her age, stale repurls from II timburn. Slic is Frauline II iUh'gariK ITit«eh, aho wus foreed to lenve lionu V. licii «lie was 20, in the lilormi of her youth. Slie has nou relurned timi ari-! drawn willi it lined I'aee ruiivineed timi Ihe oitly eqiialil.v in ihe Swviet between men and wniuen is the kind of worh r «I«i. Ti 'iiny he.r story, slu: said tlu* Kus- . -terel her Eust Pmssian viliage •i .iiuarv, 1915. •i'ii April 1, all girls over 14 and *• \ u-ii up to .70 were takou olV tui* of our viliage and out of the.'i •iici'N by Siberian and Asiatie soldiers. We \\re rouaded up like animals an I v Iked to a nearbv railroad statio.i. Wf liii d no timo to take nnvthiiig along vitli us. We could not say goodhye to Mir patents or children. " Siie said they were takou to Karpin k. near the Asiatie liorder, wliere i'laiiline Fritseh and her eompaniomM'iil.ed in coal inines and late.r with ». • t ! j . r uonien [irisoners at hrick kilns in i.'.is^inka, wost of the Fra! Mountains. The work was baekbroaking day ulter day, slie said, and in the first a onth ko to 50 ]ier cenl. of the wonien • ; i . 'i. There were only *t0( l of theni • heu tlicv caine hack to Germany Jast 1 i- 1; allliough MHI of them were to ; tlu*! in Russia in 1045. Work was hard.-sl during Ihe ' ' Htak 1 umv days. " Slie reealled when ..oiiicn slaved for 12 liours straighl atiu •.*re jetpiired to put out 10 to 12 tons i coal in that liine — oue ton an hour. 1 a Ihe hrick factories the women had u, hake 12011 hricks daily, slie added. 1 rawinia Fritseh said they were paid i t mu always oi: time. "We receiveil • i n\erage of s(l') rouhles monthly, Imt • nietiiiies ihe mouey did not arrive for x o- eight weeks. We went liiingry I! we got it hecausa; we had to Imy our i r.ii food," slie e^plained. " Of eonrse •e were paid only when we tilled our , odiictiou cpiota. Jf we did not mahe n our salai v was not aud so was our