GERMAN TRIAL

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1932, Page 6

GERMAN TRIAL

MURDFjR OF COMMUNIST

U NAZI THREAT,

(Uri'ited Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyr'glit.) . ~...

:u!;(R«'soived this dav at noon.) ~ '• ... LONDON, August 21

The '‘Times” Berlin correspondent states the first trial under the, aecrec imposing the death penalty for terrorist crime, .has beguij ait Bquthen where nine Nazi® are charged with the death of . a Communist, Pietrzuch, killed in Silesia two hours after the decree came into force.. ... ... r ... ~ :■ .

?, The prisoners, nonchalantly and cheerfully exchanged fascist salute® greetings with senior Nazi officials present, .in the court.: The evidence showed Pietrzuch, poverty stricken ..slept in a .room ■with’liis -brother and mother, who declared''they were awakened by the. entrance 1 dl .armed men.. . They saw the victim dragged from the bed and beaten to death. ; A doctor gave evidence that Pietrzuch had 29 wounds, on, the face, poked witji a broken ...billiard cue, and >'a shop wound Uh. the arm. He was killed 'by a boot heel .severing an artery in "the throat.., , ■ •' Title'local Nazi newspaper says if the ffomi ■ darts tq^.-pa9s r a single death ■ sentehce ‘a stprdfdwilj be raked through, put Gormapyr with incalculable results.