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Report | Doc. 547 | 06 October 1956
Action to secure the release of political prisoners in Eastern Europe
Relations with European Non-Member Countries
A. Explanatory Memorandum
(open)1.
1. On the 21st April 1956, the Assembly referred to the Special Committee to watch over the interests of European nations not represented in the Council of Europe a motion presented by M. Wistrand and others calling for the release of political prisoners in Eastern Europe. (Document 513).
2. The draft resolution 
which is submitted to the Assembly was given a first reading by the Special Committee on 31st August and 1st September 1956.
which is submitted to the Assembly was given a first reading by the Special Committee on 31st August and 1st September 1956.3. Consultations then took place with the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions, on the one hand, and with the President of the Assembly, on the other.
4. The draft resolution was adopted by the Special Committee to watch over the interests of European nations not represented in the Council of Europe on 5th October 1956.
5. The lists appended to the draft resolution contain the names of political prisoners from Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estho-nia, the Soviet Occupied Zone of Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Rumania about whom no information is available and who must still be presumed in prison.
6. The Special Committee wish to draw attention to the fact that some of the persons whose names are in the list may, as has happened recently, be persuaded by the Soviet authorities to issue statements to the effect that they are no longer detained. It is sometimes difficult in such cases to assess the degree of freedom effectively enjoyed by such persons.
7. It is also desired to point out that the lists are of necessity incomplete.
B. Draft Resolution
(open)The Assembly.
Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides in Article 3 that " everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person " and in Article 2 that everyone is entitled to this right " without distinction of any kind such as... political or other opinion ";
Considering, furthermore, that Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that " no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile " and that Article 10 states that " everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public trial by an independent and impartial tribunal in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charges against him ";
Aware that some political prisoners, mostly Communists who were in one way or another allegedly opposed to the rulers of the day, have recently been set free in Eastern Europe, including the U. S. S. R.,
Calls attention to the fact that vast numbers of non-communist political prisoners about whom no information is available must still be presumed in prison;
Emphasises the deplorable fact that many of these people were condemned arbitrarily to long terms of imprisonment or hard labour by administrative decisions, in blatant violation of legality;
Considers that it is the duty of humanity to call for the immediate release of political prisoners in the East, whether fellow-communists or not, and that the response given to this call by the leaders of the U. S. S. R. will be a test of their new intentions;
Invites the President of the Assembly to write to the Prime Ministers of the U. S. S. R. and other Eastern European States within the Soviet orbit requesting information as to the fate and present whereabouts of the persons listed in the Appendix to this Resolution, and transmitting the Assembly's call for the immediate release of political prisoners;
Invites the President of the Assembly to forward this Resolution and the lists appended thereto to the President of the forthcoming session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
PROMINENT POLITICAL PRISONERS IN EASTERN EUROPE KNOWN OR BELIEVED TO BE IMPRISONED UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME
Albania
Former Members of Parliament:
1. Fuat ASLLANI
Former Minister of Justice:
Vasil AVRAMI
Kolec DEDA
Rok GERA
Xhemal HOXHA
Dr. Jan MELO
Sali VUCTERNI
Prominent Churchmen :
Rév. Aleksander DHEDHAJ
Rév. Lazer JUBANI
Head of the Albanian Autoce-phalic. Orthodox Church:
Mgr. Christopher Kissi
Rév. Shtjefen KURTI
Rev. Tom LACA
Head of the Albanian Moslem Community.
Hafez Sherif LANGU
Rév. Pashko MUZHANI
Rév. Anton SUMA
Mgr. Visarion XHUVANI
Others :
Lawyer (barrister). - Midhat ARANITASI
Solicitor - Suat ASLLANI
Lawyer (barrister) - Suat ASLLANI
Professor - Foto BALA
Businessman - Murat BEGEJA
Former Deputy - Ibrahim BICAKU
Professor - Sami BITINCKA
Former Associate Justice - Ejell COBA
Professor - Ali CUNGU
Doctor - Veniamin DASHI
Professor - Tomorr GJERGJI
Professor - Sulejman HARRI
Former officer, Albanian Army - Halo HASIM
Professor, writer - Etehem HAXHIEADEMI
Former officer, Albanian Army - Halil HOXHA
Director of School - Ramazan JARANI
Judge - Xhevdet KAPSHTICA
Writer - Hamit KOKALARI
Former officer, Albanian Army - Isa KOKALARI
Lawyer (barrister) - Muhsine KOKALARI
Judge - Kudret KOKOSHI
Former Secretary-General of the Department of Justice - Xhémal Kusi
Businessman - Veliko MALILE
Businessman - Qazim MERLIKA
Former District Administrator - Tugi MIFTARI
Judge - Estref MYFTIU
Former officer, Albanian Army - Bilal NIVICA
Teacher - Dino NOGA
Professor - Arshi PIPA
Doctor - Luigi PRELA
Former officer, Albanian Army - Abdyl QERIMI
Professor - Ymer SARACI
Lawyer - Feti SELENICA
Provincial Chief Administrator - Mufit SHEHY
Professor - Begir SPAHIU
Former officer, Albanian Army - Taksim SPAHIU
Former officer, Albanian Army - Sali SULO
Director of School - Hako TAHIRI
Lawyer (barrister) - Abdulla Rami TATZATI
Professor - Hasan TATZATI
Lawyer (barrister) - Qamil XHAJA
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian National Agrarian Union :
Minister of Communications in the Fatherland Front Government, September 1944 to 1945. Reported sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in February 1952. - Angel DERZHANSKI
Aged 55. Former Lawyer and Agrarian Deputy. Member of the Permanent Council of the National Agrarian Union from January 1945. Reported to be in Nozhareva forced labour camp in December 1949. Date and length of sentence not known. - Mincho D R A N D A R E V S KI
Aged 62. A leader of the Bulgarian National Agrarian Union. Minister of Agriculture, 1931-1933. Sentenced to life imprisonment in April 1948. - Dimiter GICHEV
Former Deputy Minister of Finance. First arrested in July 1946; released and again imprisoned in June 1947. Alleged to have « confessed » while in jail in 1946 but withdrew confession in the National Assembly before being re-arrested in 1947, stating that any further confessions would be false testimony. Witness in the Petkov trial. Did not appear in trial of his alleged co-plotters. Witness for the prosecution at Gichev trial. - Peter KOEV
Editor of The Agrarian Banner (official organ of the B. N. A. U.) and a member of the Permanent Council of the Party. In Gonda Voda concentration camp under pro-German regime. President of the Union of Bulgarian Writers in 1944. Deputy and member of the Petkov opposition group in 1946. Said to be in Sofia Central Prison from 1947 until mid-1950. Reported re-sentenced to five years' imprisonment in April 1951. - Trifon KUNEV
Aged 62. A leader of the B. N. A. U. Minister of Education (1931) and of Agriculture (1932-1933). Prime Minister September 2nd-9th 1944. Condemned to penal servitude for life in February 1945, but released in September. Re-imprisoned with same sentence in February 1946. - Konstantin M U R A V I EV
Social Democratic Party :
Chief editor of the Social Democrat daily Svoboden Narod. Reported to be in Belene forced labour camp in 1952. Length of sentence not known. - Tsveti IVANOV
Secretary of the Social Democratic Workers' Party until May 29th 1945, and a member of the National Committee of the Fatherland Front. Leader of the Social Democratic Party and of its representatives in the People's Assembly. Charged with treason and sabotage in November 1948 and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. - Kosta LULCHEV
Born 1874. Minister of the Interior in 1939. Leader of the Social Democratic Party and then leader of its Right-wing faction. Arrested early in 1946 and subsequently sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Rumoured to have been killed in prison. No official news of his fate. - Krustyu PASTUHOV
Deputies. Arrested and tried with Lulchev. Sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in November 1948.Peter BRATKOVDr. Peter D E R T L I E VHristo P U N E VKrum SLAVOVPetko T U R P A N O VDimo Y A N K O V
Deputy. Arrested and tried with Lulchev. Sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in November 1948. - Ivan KOPRINKOV
Democrats, Radicals, Independents, etc. :
1. Aged 80. Former Democratic leader. Held numerous ministerial posts during the inter-war period. Reported sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in 1952. - Atanas BUROV
2. Aged 70. Professor, prominent lawyer and senior member of the Regency Council of the Fatherland Front Government 1944-1946. Reported to have been imprisoned in May 1951 without trial. - Venelin GANEV
3. Born 1872. Former Democratic Party Prime Minister. Held numerous ministerial posts during the 1930s. Reported to be in Nozharevo forced labour camp in December 1949. Released and re-arrested in April 1951. May since have died in prison. - Nikola MUSHANOV
4. Former leader of the Democratic Entente. Reported to have been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948. - Stoicho MOSHANOV
Other former Members of Parliament : - Nikola ALEKSIEV - Engeneer Stoian BOJKOV - Ranguel DASKALOV - Ratcho DOMUSTCHIEV - Todor DRAGANOV - Ivan GUERGUOV - Ivan GUINTCHEV - Dimitar GUITCHEV - Dimitar ILIEV - Kamen KAME-NOV - Stoian KARLOV - Ivan KOSTIEV - Todor LAVA-ROV - Michel MIHAILOV - Spas NAIDENOV - Asen PAIANTOV - Kiril POPOV - Mitiu SEDEV - Cristo STOIANOV (former Minister) - Dimitar STOIANOV - Professor Petko STOIANOV (former Minister) - Nino TCHAKEROV - Boris TciIANDJIEV - Ivan TEKEMSKI - Dr. Gueorgui VASSILEV - Serguei ZLATANOV.
Military Personalities : - Lieutenant-General. Head of wartime underground military resistance. Organised the seizure of power in 1944. Sentenced to life imprisonment on 21st October 1947. May have died since in prison. - Kiril STANCHEV
Prominent Churchmen :
Roman Catholic Bishop of Nikopol (Ruse). Sentenced to death in October 1952. It is rumoured that the sentence was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment, and he is reported to be still in prison. - Mgr. Evgeni BOSILKOW
Apostolic Vicar in Sofia. Sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment at a secret trial in the autumn of 1952. Reported to have since died in prison but no definite confirmation available. - Mgr. Ivan ROMANOV
The 15 Protestant Pastors :
Of the members of the Supreme Council of the United Evangelical Churches in Bulgaria who were tried in February 1949 four were sentenced to life imprisonment, and a fine of one million leva each, with loss of civil and political rights for ever. Two are reported to have been released in 1956 (Nikola MINAILOV and Vasil ZIAPKOV). There is no news about the other two.
Pentecostal pastor - Georgi Nikolov CUERNEV
Methodist pastor. Head of the Methodist Mission in Bulgaria. Four were sentenced to 15years' severe imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 leva each. - Yanko Nikolov IVANOV
They are :
Methodist pastor. - Methodist pastor
Congregationalist pastor in Plovdiv. - Lambry Marinov MISHKOV
Pentecostal pastor in Sofia. - Haralan Ivanov POPOV
Baptist pastor. - Georgi Nikolov VASOV
Of the remaining seven, three were sentenced to 10 years' severe imprisonment, with a fine of 50,000 leva for the first two and of 10,000 leva for the third defendant, and a loss of civil and political rights for 15 years. They are :
Pentecostal pastor in Varna. - Yoncho Nikolov DRIANOV
Baptist pastor. - Zahari Spasov RAICHEV
Baptist pastor. - Ivan Angelov STANKULOV
Other Personalities : - Strati DIMITROV - Stoian PARACHKEVOV - Mihail SCHIPKOV - Ivan TITEV.
Czechoslovakia
Politicians:
Member of Parliament. - Milos BUGAR
Former Leader of National Socialist Party and Minister of Justice. Arrested after the 1948 coup d'£tat. Reported in September 1956 to be in prison in solitary confinement at Leopolddorf (Slovakia). - Dr. Prokop DRTINA
Pre-war Secretary-General of Social Democratic Party. - Sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in May 1950. - Vojtech DUNDER
Slovak Democrat Party Deputy. Arrested November 1949. Accused of acting as intelligence agent for the British. - Karol FOLTA
Member of the Central Commi-tee of the Social Democrat Party in 1947. Expelled from the Party in February 1948. Sentenced to life imprisonment on November 4th 1954, at a trial of Right-wing Social Democrats in Prague. - Vladimir GORNER
Member of Parliament. - Jan KEMPNY
Member of Parliament. Sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1950. - Mme Antonie KLEINEROVA
Slovak Democrat. Was pre-war Agrarian and Minister without Portfolio in the Syrovy Government of 1938 but resigned in December of that year. Reached England in May 1940 where he became Minister of State in war-time Government. In 1942 became Minister of Agriculture. In Fierlinger's post-war Cabinet was Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade. Later was Under-Secretary for National Defence, from which post he resigned on February 20th 1948. Sentenced in Bratislava in October 1950 to 17 years' imprisonment on charges of treason and sabotage. - Dr. Jan LICHNER
Active Member of Social Democrat Party and former Professor of Constitutional Law at Prague University. Sentenced on June 8th 1950 to 25 years' imprisonment at espionage trial, at which Mme. Milada Horakova, a National Socialist Deputy, was sentenced to death and later executed by the Communists. - Dr. Zdenek PESICA
Social Democrat, Deputy Mayor of Prague from 1946-1948. Sentenced to life imprisonment on November 4th 1954 in a trial of Right-wing Social Democrats in Prague. - Dr. Ladislav PICMAN
Member of Parliament. Sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1950. - Frantisek PREUCIL
Formerly Chairman of the Slovak Revival Party. He was Chairman of the State Office for Physical Training and Sport and a Vice-Premier in the period following the putsch in 194S. Sentenced in June 1954 to 18 years' imprisonment on charges of treason and sabotage. He was 58 years of age at the time he was sentenced. - Dr. Jan SEVCIK
Former Deputy Premier and Leader of Slovak Democrat Party. Forced to resign in 1947 after the Communists « uncovered » a Slovak « plot » to assassinate the President and overthrow the regime, in which his secretary was allegedly involved. Sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in April 1948. - Dr. Jan URSINY
Social Democrat. Formerly chief editor of the Liberec paper Straz Severn (now Cesta Miru). In October i945 was elected to the National Assembly. In March 1948 was expelled from the Social Democrat Party. Sentenced to life imprisonment in Social Democrat trial in Liberec in November 1954. - Dr. Josef VEVERKA
Former Deputy for National Socialist Party. Sentenced to life imprisonment on June 8th 1950 (see Dr. Peska above). - Mme Frantiska ZEMINOVA
Prominent Churchmen :
In June 1949 he was placed under supervision in his palace. In March 1951, he was banished from Prague, fined, and thereafter held in custody for his « negative attitude to the Church laws ». At a press conference on May 24th 1956, the Czech Premier, Siroky, said that Beran was neither in prison nor in custody, but that he <t is not officiating ». The exact conditions under which Archbishop Beran is living are not known. - Mgr. BERAN
First Secretary to Archbishop Beran. Sentenced on December 2nd 1950, to 18 years' imprisonment and 50.000 crowns fine for anti-State activities. - Dr. Jan BOUKAL
Secretary of the Baptist Church in Prague. Sentenced to 7 year's imprisonment on June 27th 1953. - Cyril BURGET
Suffragan Bishop of Trnava, aged 65. Sentenced in Bratislava, January 1951, to hard labour for life and 200.000 crowns fine for anti-State activities. - Mgr. Michal BUZALKA
Greek Catholic Bishop of Presov, aged 62. Sentenced in Bratislava, January 1951, to hard labour for life and 200.000 crowns fine for anti-State activities. - Mgr. Pavel GOJDIC
Bishop of Ceské Budejovice. Removed from his diocese and confined to a place outside it for « a negative attitude with regard to the Church laws » in March 1952. - Dr. Josef HLOUCH
Premonstratensian Abbot. Sentenced on December 2nd 1950, to 20 years' imprisonment and 50.000 crowns' fine for espionage. - Dr. Stanislav JAROLIMEK
Premonstratensian Abbot in Nova Rise. Sentenced on April 5th 1950, to life imprisonment for anti-State activities. - Dom MACHALKA
Formerly Secretary of Catholic Action. Sentenced on December 2nd 1950, to 25 years' imprisonment and 20.000 crowns fine for espionage. - Dr. Antonin MANDL
Redemptorist. Rector of Theological Institute at Oboriste. Sentenced on April 5th 1950, to life imprisonment for anti-State activities. - Dr. MASTILAI
Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery at Prague-Brevnov. Sentenced on December 2nd 1950, to life imprisonment and 100.000 crowns' fine for espionage. - Dr. Jan OPASEK
Chairman of the Union of Baptist Brethren in Czechoslovakia. Sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment on June 27th 1953. - Jan RICAR
Bishop of Litemerice. Sentenced on July 27th 1954, to 25 years, imprisonment for espionage. - Dr. Stefan TROCHTA
Bishop of Spisska Nova Yes, aged 73. Sentenced in Bratislava, January 1951, to 24 years' hard labour and 500.000 crowns' fine for anti-State actvities. - Mgr. Jan VOJTASSAK
Suffragan Bishop and Vicar-General of Olomouc. Sentenced on December 2nd 1950, to 25 years' imprisonment and 100.000 crowns' fine for espionage. - Dr. Stanislav ZELA
Military Personalities :
Security and intelligence chief in the Ministry of the Interior in the London Czechoslovak Government. Shortly after his return to Prague in 1945 he was dismissed from his post under Communist pressure. Immediately after the putsch he was arrested and thrown into prison. Nothing is known of his trial, if any, and opinions differ as to the length of sentence imposed upon him.Colonel Stanislav ADAMGeneral Josef BARTIK
Commander-in-Chief of Czech Air Force in Great Britain during war. Was arrested while trying to escape from Czechoslovakia in 1948 and sentenced to death. Sentence later commuted to life imprisonment. There have been rumours that he committed suicide. Other reports claim that he has been seen in one of the prisons.Colonel N. CHRASTColonel V. JANDERAGeneral Karel JANOUSEK. K.C.B.
Resistance leader. Sentenced to life imprisonment on May 16th 1949. Relative of the Czech night-fighter ace of that name in the R. A. F. during the war. There have been rumours that Kutlvasr was beaten to death in prison, but this is not confirmed.3.1. Colonel Josef KACER3.2. Général Karel KUTLVASR
Resistance leader sentenced to life imprisonment on February 15th 1949.Général Rajmund MRAZEKColonel Jar. NEDBALEKGénéral O. PRIKRYLGénéral Milos ZAK
Others :
Lawyer, sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1950. - Dr. J. BUCHAL
Economist, sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1950. - Dr. Jiri HEJDA
Lawyer, sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1950. - Dr. Josef NESTAVAL
Former Minister Plenipotentiary. Arrested without trial in 1950. Believed to be in a labour camp. - Dr. Jaroslav KOPECKY
Political Secretary to M. Hubert Ripka, former Minister of Foreign Trade. Arrested in 1949. Believed to be in a labour camp. - Karel SOBR
Personal secretary to President Bénès. Sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in November 1951. - Dr. SYKORA
Personal secretary to President Bénès. Sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in November 1951. - Dr. VANEK
Esthonia
Former Members of Parliament :
President of the Republic, Minister. Arrested 1940. - Friedrich AKEL
Minister, Barrister-at-law, Editor of Vaba Maa newspaper. Arrested July 1940. - Ado ANDERKOPP
Lawyer. Minister. Arrested. - Kaarel BAARS
Minister, journalist. Deported 1941. - Adam BACHMAN-RANDALU
President of the Republic, Speaker of Parliament, Minister. Arrested July 1940. - Kaarel EINBUND-EENPALU
Minister. Arrested. - Jaan HUNERSON
General, Minister. Arrested. - Aleksander JAAKSON
President of the Republic, President of the Bank of Esthonia. Deported. - Juri JAAKSON
Minister, Journalist. Deported 1941. - Leopold JOHANSON
Minister. Deported. - Mihkel JUHKAM
Minister. Arrested 1940. - August JURMAN-JUIUMA
Minister, Bank Director. Arrested 1940. - Christjan KAARNA
Minister, Barrister-at-law. Arrested 1940. - Tonis KALBUS
Minister, Mayor. Arrested. - Oskar KASK
Minister. Deported. - August KEREM
Barrister-at-law. Deported. - Jaan KOKK
Minister, Barrister-at-law. Deported. - Jaan KRIISA
President of the Republic, Speaker of Parliament, Banker. Arrested July 1940. - Julian KUKK
Minister, Journalist. Deported 1941. - Hugo KUKKE
General, Minister. Arrested. - Hans KURVITS
Bank Director, Minister. Arrested and deported. - Peeter KURVITS
Genera], Minister. Arrested. - Andres LARKA
General, Minister. Arrested. - Paul LILL
Minister, Journalist. Arrested 1940. - Ants OIDERMAA
Minister, President of Workers' Sports and Musical Association. Deported. - Aleksander OINAS
President of Republic, Speaker of Parliament. Arrested and deported July 1940. - Konstantin PATS
President of Republic, Professor of law, Minister. Arrested and deported June 1941. - Ants PIIP
Minister, President of Esthonian T. U. C. Deported. - Jaan PIISKAR
Minister. Deported. - Theodor POOL
Minister, Speaker of the National Council. Deported. - Mihkel PUNG
Minister, Lutheran Bishop. Arrested and deported June 1941. - Hugo Bernhard RAHAMAGI
General, Minister. Arrested. - Nikolai REEK
Minister, Justice at Court of Appeals. Deported. - Jaak REICHMANN
Minister, Chief Editor of Kaja newspaper. Arrested 1940. - Artur TUPITS
Minister. Arrested. - Eduard SAKK
Bank Director, Minister. Arrested. - Leo SEPP
General, Minister. Arrested 1940. - Jaan SOOTS
Minister. Arrested 1940. - Oskar SUURSOOT
President of the Republic, Barris- ter-at-law. Arrested 1940. - Jaan TEEMANT
Bank Director, Minister, Arrested. - Anton TEETSOV
Prime Minister, Minister, Barris-ter-at-law. Arrested 1944. - Otto TIEF
Minister, General. Arrested 1940. - Aleksander TONISSON
President of the Republic, Minister, Professor of Law, Speaker of Parliament. Arrested and deported, December 1940. - Jaan TONISSON
Minister. Deported. - Nikolai VIITAK
Minister. Deported. - Karl VIRMA
Minister, Barrister-at-law. Arrested 1940. - Richard VREEMAN-VEERMAN
Minister, Veterinary Surgeon. Deported. - Johannes ZIMMERMANN
Others :
Farmer. Deported June 1941. - E. ARNOVER
Shopkeeper. Deported. - Vladimir BINSOL
Prime Minister, Minister, Barrister- at-law. Deported. - Aadu BIRK
General, Arrested. - Hugo BREDE
Senior official in various women's organisations. Deported. - Linda EENPAULU
Journalist, Director of Tallin Workers' Theatre. Deported. - Karl FREIBERG
Representative of Workers at International Labour Conferences in Geneva, Vice-President of Federation of Estho-nian Trade Unions, Arrested. - August GUSTAVSON
Bank manager. Deported July 1940. - E. HAABPIHT
Farmer. Deported July 1940. - J. HAAGIVANG
Farmer. Deported July 1940. - Karl INDERMITTE
Engineer, Minister. Deported July 1940. - Karl IPSBERG
Bank Director. Deported. - Juhan JANS
General. Arrested. - Gustaff JONSON
Veterinary Surgeon. Deported 1940. - V. KADARIK
Farmer. Deported 1940. - N. KALISTE
Justice of Supreme Court. Arrested. - Peeter KANN
Farmer. Deported. - Aleksander KARNER
General. Arrested. - August KASEKAMP
Farmer. Deported 1940. - A. KASTERPALU
General. Arrested. - Hugo KAULER
Farmer. Deported. - Heinrich KIIVER
Journalist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Leopold KENN
Mayor. Arrested. - E. KONNO
Farmer. Arrested. - A. KORNELL-KARINEEL
Farmer. Arrested 1940. - Peeter KOEMETS
Provincial Governor. Arrested 1940. - August KOIIVER
Farmer. Deported 1940. - Gustav KROON
Actress, theatre Vanemuine in Tartu. Arrested, no trace, 1940. - Tooni KROON
General. Arrested - Jaan KRUUS
Bank Director. Deported. - Juhan KURVITS
Journalist, Chief editor of Vaba Maa newspaper. Arrested and deported June 1941. - Eduard LAAMAN
Commander-in-Chief of Estonia. Arrested July 1940. - Johan LAIDONER
Farmer. Deported. - August LAUR
Chairman District Government. Arrested. - H. LAURI
Editor, Barrister-at-law. Deported July 1941. - Elmar LEHTMETS
Artist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Paul LIIVAK
Deported. - Efim LIIVIK
Actor, National Theatre, Tallinn. Arrested, no trace, August 1940. - Sergius LIPP
Journalist. Arrested 1940. - Oskar Lovi
Journalist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Juhan Lovi
Farmer. Deported. - Jaan MALBERG
Journalist. Arrested, no trace, 1941. - Ulo MARAMAA
Barrister-at-law. Deported. - Hans MARTNA
Barrister-at-law, Vice-President of Agricultural Workers' Union. Deported. - Mihkel MIHKELSON
Minister, Physician. Deported. Deported. - Alfed MOTTUS
Deported. - J. MURROR
Colonel. Arrested 1940. - Viktor MUTT
Chairman of the Chamber of Handicraft. Arrested. - Al. NAERES
Headmaster of a Secondary School. Arrested. - Victor NEGGO
Bank Director. Deported. - Paul OOPIK
General, Commander of Home Guard. Arrested 1940. - Johannes ORASMAA
Farmer. Arrested 1940. - George OTTAS
Farmer. Deported. - H. OTSTAVEL
Chancellor of Justice. Deported. - Anton PALVADRE
Agronomist. Deported. - OttO PARLIN
Barrister-at-law. Arrested July 1940. - Viktor PATS
Journalist, President of Association of Trade Unions. Arrested and deported 1941. - Jaan PIISKAR
One of leaders of Estonia's Cooperative Movement. Arrested. - Jaan PODRA
Roman Catholic Bishop. Arrested. - Mgr. PROFFITLICH
Director of Tartu University Library. Arrested, no trace, 1946. - Friedrich PUKSOO
Industrialist. Arrested 1940. - Joakim PUHK
General. Arrested. - Aleksander PULK
Clergyman. Arrested. - K. PUUSEMP
Journalist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Henno RAHAMAGI
Farmer. Arrested 1940. - R. RIIVES
Farmer. Arrested. - M. ROIGAS
Bank manager. Deported. - Karl ROOMET
Farmer. Deported. - August ROOSIORG
Vice-President of Estonian T. U. C. Deported. - Josep RUKKI
Farmer. Arrested 1940. - Aleksander SAAR
Professor of Law. Arrested and deported June 1941. - Karl SAARMANN
Professor of Veterinary Science. Deported June 1941. - Karl SARAL
Lawyer. Arrested. - Karl SARGAVA
Economist. Deported. - Aleksander SCHIFAI
Clerical worker. Deported. - Peeter SCHUTZ
Editor. Arrested 1941. - Johan SIHVER
Barrister-at-law. Arrested. - Hans SOOTS
Farmer. Deported. - Aleksander SOSTER
Mayor. Deported. - Priit SUVE
Journalist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Jaan TAKLAJA
Farmer. Deported. - Karl TAMM
Journalist, Vice-President of Estonian Journal Association, Editor in Chief largest Estho-nian newspaper Paevaleht. Arrested and deported June 1941. - Harald TAMMER
Commercial artist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Otto TAMMERAID
Teacher. Arrested. - Jarvo TANDRE
Journalist. Arrested and deported 1941. - Kaljula TEDER
Farmer. Deported 1940. - Jaan TEETSOV
Headmistress. Deported. - Anna TELLMAN-TOVRAND
Head of Chancellory. Arrested January 1941. - Karl TERRAS
Journalist. Arrested. - August TOLLASEPP
Farmer. Deported. - Justas TONKMAN
Actor, National theatr of Estho-nia, Tallinn. Arrested and deported 1941. - Johan TONOPA
General. Arrested. - Juhan TORVAND
General. Arrested. - August TRAKSMA
Professor of History. Arrested and deported 1946. - Peeter TREIBERG TARVEL
Mayor. Arrested. - Anton UESSON
Sentenced to long-term imprisonment for subversive Communist activities. Arrested 1941. - Maksim UNT
Farmer. Deported. - August VANN
Provincial Governor. Arrested. - Verdi VELNER
Businessman. Deported. - Mathias VESTERBLOM
Chairman of Central Committee of Trade Unions. Deported. - Juri VOIMAN
Farmer. Deported. - Johannes VOMMA
Soviet occupied zone of Germany
Name, Age, Profession - Date arrested - Sentence:
Max ADLER 66 years Bolewick, Id's. Waren - December 1953 - 4 years' penal servitude
Karl-Heinz ARNDT Born 16.4.08 Engineer - October 1950 - 25 years reduced to 15 years
Eduard BANNIER Born 15.10.25 Telephonist - 6.3.53 - 8 years' penal servitude
Richard BAUDISCH Born 1916 Policeman - 1947 - 25 years without remission
Werner BEHNKE Born 7.9.26 Business assistant - 19.7.52 - 13-1/2 years, penal servitude
Gerhard BEYER, 28 years Röbel, Krs. Waren - November 1953 - 6 years' penal servitude
Henry BOLZA Born 22.3.18 Engineer - 11.12.53 - 9 years' penal servitude
Ilse Ruth BUBNER East Berlin - Jan. 1953 - Long-term penal servitude
Hugo DORNHOFER Heiligenstadt/Thür - June 1952 - 12 years' penal servitude
Gerald ENGELMANN Born 3.11.31 Employee of National Railways - 30.1.55 - Life sentence
Otto ENKE Born 14.10.06 Agriculturalist - 3.5.51 - 10 years' penal servitude
Rudolf ENZMINGER Born 1906 Dentist - 1951 - 10 years' penal servitude
Horst ERDMANN Born 28.11.27 Medical student - 30.5.52 - 11 years' penal servitude
Roland DIDIER Born 19.11.18 in Rouen Iron foundry worker - 28.7.52 - 6 years ' penal servitude
Count Otto EULENBURG Born 1.2.31 Schoolboy - 19.9.45 - Life sentence
Hermann Josef FLADE Born 22.5.32 Secondary schoolboy - 1951 - Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
Karl FLAIG Chemnitz/Sa. Karl Wilhelm - July 1951 - Long-term penal servitude Not known
FRICKE. Born 3.9.29 Journalist - 1.4.55
FRIEDRICH Age not known Minister of Religion - 8.5.53 - Not known
Walter FRIEDEL Born 1906 Doctor of Engineering - 1953 - Not known
Paul GABRIEL Born 1897 (98?) Farmer - 7.2.56 - 3 years ' penal servitude
Yvonne GASSET Born 27.1.27 Office clerk - 1948 - 25 years without remission
Reinhard GUETTNER 60 years, Minister of Religion, Fürstenberg, Krs.Frankf. Brandenburg - April 1951 - Sentenced to death
GRÖBNER 36 years Braun s dorf, Krs. Hollberg, Sa. - Arrested
Paul HEYER Born 10.9.19 Farmer - January 1953 - Life sentence
Wilhelm HEIDER- PRIEM 34 years Garlitz/Westha-velland - 1952 - 10 years' penal servitude
Martin HEIN Weimar - 1952 - Long-term penal servitude
Alfred HEINEMANN 1890 - December 1952 - 10 years, penal servitude
Paul HENNING 33 years Grossmachnow, Krs. Teltow - November 1955 - 3 years , penal servitude
Fritz-Leopold HENSCHEL 11.2.21 Commercial clerk - 10.3.52. - Life sentence
Hans HESPE Born 21.6.07 Employed in the office of the Senate, West Berlin - 17.10.54 - 4 years , penal servitude
Kurt HILBERT 31 years Weimar - July 1952 - Long-term penal servitude
Helmut HILLER Born 17.2.25 Metal worker - 3.9.49 - 25 years without remission
Ernst IMMISCH Born 26.5.15 Railway guard - 6.7.54 - 11 years, penal servitude
Ursula IRMSCHER Born 1928 Natural science student - 26.1.49 - 25 years without remission
Alexander JACKEN-KROLL Born 21.3.95 Criminal lawyer - 1945 - 20 years without remission
Hermann JANSEN Born 1914 Catholic priest - 1949 - 25 years without remission
Ernst JESKE Born 21.12.05 Pay clerk - 17.7.51 - 10 years, penal servitude
Hans Joachim KABELITZ Born 17.12.23 Press photographer - 10.8.51 - 6 years ' penal servitude
Otto KAGELER Born 1896 Labourer - about 1952 - 10 years' penal servitude
Günther KAMMER Born 8.4.08 Doctor of Medicine - middle of 1948 - Death sentence; fate unknown
Horst KAMINSKI Medical student - Missing since May 1951 - unknown
Ulrich KAMPS Born 1926 Labourer - Easter 1951 - 8 years' penal servitude
KAUERT Baker - 28.11.51 - Sentence unknown
Herbert KAHNEMUND Born 22.1.35 Member of Marine Police Force - 25.9.53 - 6 years' penal servitude
Heinrich KETTLER Born 1911 Architectural engineer - unknown - 25 years
Helmut KIELMANN Born 11.12.29 Theological student - 5.11.54 - Not known
Heinrieh KIPP 41 years Picher, Krs. Hage-now/M - April 1954 - Long-term penal servitude
Erwin KÖHLER 55 years Potsdam - 1950 - Long-term penal servitude
Hermann KOTTE 52 years Usedom/M - August 1953 - 6 years, penal servitude
Paul KRAMER 61 years Zwenkau Kr. Leipzig - 1954 - Long-term penal servitude
Horst KRETSCH-MER Born 11.7.09 Lawyer - 26.10.49 - Life sentence
Ludwig KREUTZ-BERGER Born 1904 Lawyer - Missing since 1950 - 25 years
Karl Fritz KROG-MANN Born 2.8.26 Teacher - 20.3.52 - 12 years' penal servitude
Josef KÜHNEL Mittweida, Kr. Rochlitz/Sa. - 1954 - 4 years ' penal servitude
Arthur LADA Plan, Krs. Parchim-Meckl. - June 1951 - 15 years' penal servitude
Erich MALLAUN Born G.10.03 Skilled mechanic Hilde Mallaun (wife) - August 1952 - Life sentence Wife 13 years' penal servitude
Helmuth MASCHKE Born 1906 Tradesman - 1953 - 15 years' penal servitude
Heinz MATSCHKE 51 years Deschka, Kr. Nieslcg./Sa. - October, 1955 - 5 years ' penal servitude
Günther MAUK Born 12.1.24 Student - 22.4.49 - 25 years, reduced to 8
Horst MENDE Born 20.12.19 Journalist - 1953 - 15 years
Annomarie MICHAELIS Born 11.9.20 Teacher - January 1954 - 4 1/2 years' penal servitude
Arthur MÖKE Born 18.4.14 Director of Raiffei-sen Association - November 1949 - 15 years' penal servitude
Werner MÖLLER Born 1.8.28 Laboratory Assistant at Humboldt University - September 1954 - 4 years imprisonment
Joachim and Ursula MÜLLER Born 21.8.1920 and 2.5.18 respectivel y Teacher and wife - April 1952 - Life sentence and 10 years respectively
Johannes MÜLLER Nauen/Osthavelland - March 1956 - 9 years' penal servitude
Manfred MÜLLER Born 12.10.29 Sports reporter - 14.1.52 - 8 years' penal servitude
Rudi MÜLLER Born February 1914 Clerk - July 1953 - 15 years' penal servitude
Friedrich NAGEL Born 20.4.21 Tradesman - March 1948 - 25 years without remission
Hildegard NATHER Born 9.12.23 Student - 8.10.48 - 25 years without remission
Joachim NAUMANN-SO years Friedersdorf Kr. Löbau - September 1950 - 25 years' penal servitude
Franz NEUMANN, Waren/Meckl - December 1953 - 15 years' penal servitude
Edmund NIEBER Born 16.6.10 Executive officer - 3.4.52 - 6 years' penal servitude
Günther PANNIER Born 1926 LDP Youth Leader in Dresden - 1948 - 25 years without remission
Gerhard PECH Born 16.5.12 Laboratory assistant - 24.1.51 - 6 1/2 years' penal servitude
Konrad PFLUG Bor n 6.4.33 Compositor Jehovah's Witness - 3.11.54 - 5 years ' penal servitude
Paul RADEMAKER Wittichenau/ Hoyerswerda - August 1955
Paul RAPPENHAGEN 50 years Plan, Kr. Parchim/ Meckl - June 1951 - 6 years ' penal servitude
Willi RAUCHE . Born 13.7.11 Metalworker at Zeiss-Jena Works - March 1954 - 6 years ' penal servitude
Erich RENNERT Born 1896 Carrier - 1946 - 25 years without remission
Horst RIEDER Bor n 21.11.23 Civil servant - 15.9.50 - 12 years' penal servitude
Friedrich RISTAU Born 27.12.05 Gate-man - 17.10.54 - 3 years ' penal servitude
Dr. Armin ROST Born 17.12.03 Chemist - Early 1949 - 25 years
Sigrid ROTH Born 23.11.33 Secondary school pupil - 19.5.51 - 12 years' penal servitude
Erhard SEEHAFER Born 29.12.28 Farmer - 8.11.54 - 4 years ' penal servitude
Walter SIERAKOWSKI Born 31.12.26 Civil engineer - 12.1.53 - 12 years' penal servitude
Christa SICKER Born 12.12.32 Student - May 1952 - 10 years
Heinz SCHILLING Born 28.3.21 Lieutenant - 29.9.49 - 25 years' without remission
Günther SCHLAGE Born 27.8.25 Student - March-April 1951 - 10 years' penal servitude
Gisela SCHLEGEL Bor n 14.12.24 Technical draughtswoman - 26.1.49 - 25 years without remission
Götz SCHLICHT Born 1911 Doctor of Law - 1952 - 10 years' penal servitude
Helmut SCHLUTTER Born 20.10.30 Philosophy student - 1.9.52 - 10 years' penal servitude
Ernst SCHLÜTER Born 13.11.90 Public Prosecutor - 26.12.48 - 25 years, reduced to 8 or 10 years
Harald SCHNEIDER 30 years Magdeburg - June 1950 - 25 years hard labour
Eva Maria SCHNEEMANN Born 1925 Shorthand-typist - Before 1950 - 25 years without remission
Heinz SCHNEIDER Born 22.1.14 Engineer - 31.8.51 - 25 years
Edith SCHÖNEFELDT Born 1926 Clerk in Head Railway Office - 14.2.50 - 25 years without remission
Herbert Schrön 33 years Mosbach, Krs. Eisenach - August 1952 - August 1952
Karl SCHULZE 63 years Bad Liebenwerda - Juno 1952 - 8 years' ponal servitude
Gerhard STAUDTE Born 29.1.32 Electrician - 1953 - 12 years' ponal servitude
Herbert STECHET. Born 7.2.24 Printer - April 1952 - 12 years' penal servitude
Johann STOCKHAU-SEN Born 13.11.14 Workman - 18.7.54 - Life sentence
Kurt TAPPENBECK 38 years Plan, Krs. Parchim - June 1951 - 15 years, penal servitude
Richard THEEGE Born 9.1.24 Civil engineer - 22.8.49 - 25 years reduced to 13
Heinz TRAPP Born 11.5.19 Tradesman - December 1952 - 8 years' penal servitude
Ulf UHLIG Born 29.10.30 Higher Secondary School Pupil - 2.5.50 - 25 years reduced to 12
Alfred VOIGES Born 31.1.22 Metal-worker - August 1954 - 15 years' penal servitude
Friederich VÖLZ Born 10.1.05 Film producer - 22.9.54 - 10 years' penal servitude
Willi WEIDNER Born 10.7.06 Tradesman - 9.3.55 - 4 years ' penal servitude
Stefan WEINGART-NER Born 22.2.33 Apprentice mechanic - 17.6.53 - 25 years
Winfried WERWARTH Born 1932 Higher Secondary School Pupil - 14.8.51 - 8 years ' penal servitude
Hildegard WIEGNER Teacher - 30.1.53 - 10 years' penal servitude
Heinrich WINKLER Born 1911 Hotel-keeper - 17.6.53 - Term of imprisonment variously stated as 4 or 7 years
Werner WOLTER - October 1954 - 8 years' penal servitude
Hungary
Politicians :
Social Democrats :
The Hungarian regime has claimed that all Social Democrats have been released (Statement by Rakosi, Szabad Nep, May 19th 1956). There are reliable reports that this, is true in a number of cases. No specific information has, however, been obtained in the following cases :
Deputy Lord Mayor of Budapest from 1945 to 1948, an old Social Democratic Party member, and a Deputy, Arrested in July 1950 and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. - Péter BECHTLER
Mayor of Kispest, a suburb of Budapest, from 1945 to 1948 and a popular industrial labour organiser. Arrested in July 1950. - Gyula B A R E Y
Chief of Police in Budapest from 1946 to 1947. Arrested in 1950. - Istvan B I T T M A N N
A former Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Ujpest, a suburb of Budapest. Arrested in 1950. - Janos BEKI
Deputy Chief of Police in Budapest from 1945 to 1948, a solicitor by profession. Arrested in 1950. - Oliver BENJAMIN
He was Secretary of the Hungarian T. U. Congress from 1945 to 1948. Arrested in July 1950. - Péter CSAPLAR
He was a secretary of the former President of Hungary, Szaka-sits. After the latter's resignation in April, 1950, he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was arrested. - Istvan DOBOS
Sister of Marton Horvath (whose real name is Schiller) Chief Editor of Szabad Nép. She was also a secretary of Szaka-sits and was arrested together with her husband. - Mme Istvan DOBOS, née SCHILLER
Managing Director of the Central Office of the Monetary Institute from 1945 to 1948. An old Social Democrat and Trade Unionist, also a Deputy. Arrested in 1950. - Laszlo FARAGO
Trade union leader in Csepel. Arrested in 1950. - Ferenc GAHAMVÖLGYI
Member of Parliament. - Jeno GESZTESY
Formerly Sub-Editor and leader writer of Népszava. - Zoltan HORVATH
Trade union leader and Party official of long standing. He was interned in the Mauthausen Concentration Camp by the Germans from 1944 to 1945. Arrested by the Communists in 1950. - Imre HEGYI
An old Social Democratic official. Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Food from 1945 to 1948, and a Deputy. Arrested in 1950. - Mme Ernö HAJDU
Chief Secretary of the Leather Workers' and Tanners' Union. - Janos HUBAI
Secretary of the Social Democratic Women's Organisation. Famous expert in social work. Arrested July, 1950. - Maria IGAZ
Member of Parliament. - Vilmos JUHASZ
Arrested with Rajk, he was charged with espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment. - Pal JUSTUS
A former Secretary-General of the Clerical Employees' T. U., and a Deputy. He had been forced to resign from his Party in February 1948 and was arrested in 1950. - Miklos KERTESZ
An old Trade Union leader. He was Chairman of the Central Office of the Trade Unions from 1945 to 1948 and a Deputy. Arrested in July, 1950. - Odon KISHAZI
An old Social Democratic Party official. Former Chairman of his Party's Executive Committee in Budapest. Arrested in 1950. - Gyula LEVELEKI
President of the Transport Workers' Union. Arrested June, 1950.Ignacz MEROIstvan MENYHART
Party Secretary at Ujpest. - Jenö Pal NAGY
An official of long standing of the Social Democratic Party's organisation for women. Arrested in 1950. - Mme Gyula PILLER
A Deputy of long standing between the wars. A Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce from 1946 to 1948, and a Deputy. Arrested in 1950. - Ferenc R E I S I N G E R
Former Member of Parliament. - Janos SZABO
A Professor, formerly Head of the Foreign Political Department of the Social Democratic Party. - Sandor SZALAI
He was a Social Democratic Deputy from 1922 to 1948, and Secretary General of the Party from 1940 to 1944, also an agricultural organiser. He was arrested in July, 1950. - Ferenc SZEDER
Former Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior. He was implicated in the Rajk trial. It was rumoured that he had « disappeared without trace ». - Endre SZEBENYI
Member of the Budapest Municipal Council from 1922 to 1940. Deputy Director of the Municipal Electricity Works from 1945 to 1948. Arrested in July, 1950. - Simon STEINHEHCZ
He was Director General of the Budapest Municipal Gas Works from 1945 to 1948 and an active industrial labour organiser. Arrested in July 1950. - Endre SÖSKUTI
Member of Parliament. - Jozsef TAKACS
Member of Parliament. - Ferenc TAKACS
He was Minister of Justice for six months in 1945, in the first post-war Government. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in 1950. - Agoston VALENTINY
Wife of Istvan Szava. During the war she was Secretary to the Chief Editor of Magyar Nemzet, herself contributing a number of intelligent articles. Until 1948, when she was excluded from the Social Democratic Party, she was also theatre critic of Magyar Nemzet. Both she and her husband were noted for their French contacts. - Mme Magda VAMOS
An old Social Democratic Party official. Secretary to the Ministry of National Defence from 1945 to 1948, and a Deputy. Sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in 1950. - Vilmos ZENTAI
Smallholders' Parly :
General Secretary of the Budapest Group. - Balint ARANY
Member of Parliament. - Pal JACKO
Member of the Party.Ferenc KAPOCSFerenc VIDOVICS
Other Politicians :
Former Prime Minister. Imprisoned in Soviet Russia. - Steven BETIILEN
Leader of the Hungarian Minority in the Czechoslovak Parliament. - Jânos ESZTERIIAZY
Member of Parliament. - Lâszlo FILLER
Member of Parliament. Member Christian Party. - Ferenc MATEOVICS
Former Minister for reconstruction. - Andrew MISTETH
Member of the Upper House. Sentenced to forced labour in Soviet Russia. - Géza PALFFY
Sentenced to forced labour in Soviet Russia. - George PALAVICINY
Former Consul-General in Cleveland. - Domokos SZENTIVANYI
First post-war President of the Hungarian Parliament. - Béla ZSEDENYI
Military Personalities : - General. - Lewis V E R E S DE D A L N O K
Trade Unionists :
Ironworkers' Union. - Lajos DOBI
Leatherworkers' Union. - Jânos HUBAI
Building Workers' Union. - Sândor KALLAIU
Member of Council, Iron and Metal-workers' Union. - Istvân LABORCZ
Chairman, Union of Transport Workers. - Istvân MENYHART
Building Workers' Union. - Gyula PAPT
Women's Democratic Union. - Mme Ferenc PAVLOVSZKI
Printers' Union. - Ferenc PAVLOVSZKI
Union Newspaper Editor. - Gyula PILLER
Printers' Union. - Gyula POZSGAY
Secretary-Budapest Union of Employees. - Andrâs REVESZ
Legal Adviser to the Trade Union Council. - Dr. Géza SIPEKI
Transport Workers' Union. - Tivadar TAKACS
Member of the Agricultural Council. - Istvân TURI
Council Member, Iron and Metal Workers' Union. - Sândor VISNYEI
Prominent Churchmen :
Of the Order of Saint Francis. Imprisoned 1955. - Ottmar FADDY
Jesuit Father. Imprisoned 1949. - Jenô KERKAI
Monk of the Franciscan Order. Imprisoned 1946 together with 15 students and apprentices of the city of Gyongyos. - Salez Kis
Piarist father. Arrested 1948. - Odôn LENART
Sentenced to life imprisonment on February 8th, 1949. On July 15th, 1955, the Party daily Szabad Nep, reported that the Cardinal's sentence had been « suspended », but that his whereabouts are kept secret, and it is clear that his freedom has still not been granted. - Cardinal MINDSZENTY
Lutheranbishop. Arrested 1948. - Lajos ORDAS
Superintendent of the Lutheran Church. Arrested 1948. - Albert RADVANSZKY
Secretary-General of the Lutheran Church. Arrested 1948. - Sandor VARGA
Secretary to Cardinal Mindszenty. Arrested 1948. - Andrâs ZAKAR
Latvia
Former Members of Parliament .
Conservative Party :
University Teacher. - Longins AUSEJS
Barrister-at-law, Minister of the Interior. - Arveds BERGS
Agrarian Parly :
General, Minister of Defence. - Janis BALODIS
Minister of Agriculture. - Janis BIRZNIEKS
Agronomist, Prime Minister. - Hugo CELMINS
Economist. - Hugo DZELZITIS
Minister of the Interior. - Vilis CULBIS
Minister of the Interior. - Janis KAULINS
Farmer. - Peteris LEIKARTS
Minister of the Interior. - Gotfrids MILBERGS
Prime Minister. - Karlis ULMANIS
Catholic Christian Democratic Parly
Deputy Minister of the Interior. - Antons DZENIS
Minister of the Agriculture. - Stanilaws IVBULS
Secondary School Teacher. - Jazcps JUKSINSKIS
Farmer. - Sebastjans PABERZS
Physician. - Anton R.ANCANS - Jezups TRASUNS
Liberal Parly :
Barrister-at-law. - Martins ANTONS
Economist. - Karlis BENZE
Barrister-at-law, Minister of the Interior. - Peters BERGIS
Minister of Justice. Secretary of Latvia's Constituent Assembly - Erasts BITE
Economist. - Karlis DISLERS
Engineer, Minister of Agriculture. - Markus GAILITS
Barrister-at-Law, Minister of Justice. - Vilis HOLCMANIS
Engineer, Minister of Communications.
Barrister-at-Law, Minister of Justice. - Vilis HOLCMANIS
Engineer, Minister of Communications. Editor. - Carlis KRIEVS
Editor. - OttO NONAGS
Journalist. - Berta PIPINA
Prime Minister. - Margers SKUJENIEICS
Farmer. - Janis STERNS Janis VESMANIS
Social Democratic Parly :
1. Clerical Worker. - Karlis BUMEISTERS
2. Minister of Public Welfare. - Roberts DUKURS
3. Editor. - Kristaps ELIAS
4. Barrister-at-la
5. Journalist. - Hermanis KAUPINS
6. Journalist. - Pauls LEJINS
7. Economist. - Klavs LORENCS
8. Jurist. - Fricis MENDERS
9. Clerical Worker. - Janis RUDZIS
10. Economist. - Peteris ULPE
11. Mason. - Andrejs VECKALNS
12. Speaker of Latvia's Consituent Assembly. - Fricis VESMANIS
13. Clerical Worker. - Janis VISNA Rudolfs LlNDINS
Lithuania
Politicians :
Vice-Minister of the Interior, member of the Central Committee of Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1940 (fate unknown). - Pranas BARKAUSKAS
Prime Minister, President for the Parliament, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence, leader of the Christian Democratic Party, University Professor, journalist. Arrested July 11th 1940 (fate unknown). - Leonas BISTRAS
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education, - Kazys BIZAUSKAS
Member of Parliament, Member of the Central Committee of the Christian Democratic Party. Arrested in December 1940, sentenced to 20 years slave labour (fate unknown). Member of the Central Committee of the Catholic Farmers Party. Deported to Siberia, June 16th 1941 (fate unknown). Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, leader of the Christian Democratic Party. Arrested and deported to Siberia, June 14th 1941. - Juozas Buozius
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, leader of the Christian Democratic Party. Arrested and deported to Siberia, June 14th 1941. - Valdemaras CARNECKIS
Minister of the Interior, leader of the Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1941, (fate unknown). - Julius CAPLIKAS
Secretary-General of the Catholic Farmers Party, Member of Parliament. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 10 years- slave labour (fate unknown). - Jonas DAGELIS
Leader of Nationalist Party, Deputy Minister of Justice. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 10 years' slave labour in camps in Siberia (fate unknown). - Antanas DREVINSKAS
Leader of Nationalist Party, Head of Nationalist Youth Organisation. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Benediktas GREBLIUNAS
Leader of Nationalist Party, leading journalist. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 25 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Valentinas GUSTAINIS
Former Minister of Finance, leader of Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 25 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Julius INDRISIUNAS
Leader of Nationalist Party, Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Stasys JAKUBAUSKAS
Secretary-General of the Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 15 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Jonas JANAVICIUS
Former Secretary-General of the Populist Peasant Party. Arrested June 14th 1941, and deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Jonas KALENAS
Member of the Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party. Arrested June 14th 1941, and deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Jurgis KUBILIUS
Member of the Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 10 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Mecy KVIKXYS
Leader of Social-Democratic Party. Arrested in 1949 and deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Mlle Ona LEONAITE
Former President of the Catholic Farmers Party, Member of Parliament. Arrested in 1945 and deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Feliksas MIKSYS
Member of the Executive Committee of Nationalist Party. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Jonas NAVAKAS
Leader of Populist Peasant Party, former Minister of Defence. Arrested on June 14th 1941, and deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Juozas PAPECKYS
Leader of Catholic Farmers Party, former Prime Minister, former Minister of Finance, member of Parliament. Arrested on July 11th 1940, and sentenced to 20 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Vytautas PETRULIS
Leader of Populist Peasant Party, former member of Parliament, Vice-Minister of Communication. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Vytautas RACKAUSKAS
Editor of the Nationalist Youth ' monthly magazine Jaunoji Karta, leader of the Nationalist Youth Movement. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Pranas RAZMA
Leader of Nationalist Party, former Minister of Agriculture. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 20 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Juozas SKAISGIRIS
Last Minister of Interior, arrested 'on July 16th 1940, (fate unknown). - Kazys SKUCAS
Former Minister of Communication. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Jokubas STANISAUSKIS
Secretary-General of the Nationalist Party. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 15 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Jonas STATKUS
Former President of Lithuania. Leader of Catholic Farmers Party, member of Parliament. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Aleksandras STULGINSKIS
Leader of Nationalist Party, former Minister of Education. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Konstantinas SAKENIS
Leader of Populist Peasant Party, the last Minister of Justice of Lithuania, University Professor. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Antanas TAMOSAITIS
Leader of Nationalist Party, University Professor, leading journalist. Arrested on July 11th 1940, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Rev. Izidorius TAMOSAITIS
Leader of Nationalist Party. Arrested July 11th 1940, sentenced to 15 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Viadas Tisicus
Leader of Catholic Farmers Party, leading financier, member of Parliament. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Rev. Juozas VAILOKAITIS
Former Minister of Defence, leader of Populist Peasant Party. Arrested in 1945, sentenced to 12 years' slave labour (fate unknown). - Mykolas VELYKIS
Leader of Nationalist Party, former Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, leading journalist, University Professor. Arrested June 17th 1940, (fate unknown). - Augustinas VOLDEMARAS
Leader of Populist Peasant Party, former member of Parliament. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Balys ZYGELIS
Secretary-General of the Natio-nalistjParty. Arrested on June 14th 1941, deported to Siberia (fate unknown). - Jonas ZUKAS
Poland
Polish Peasant Party :
Editor of Polish Peasant Party paper Piasl. Arrested after general election in 1947 on charge of espionage on behalf of Western Powers. Sentenced in August 1947 to 15 years' imprisonment. - Karol BUCZEK
Member of Central Board of Polish Peasant Party. Arrested while trying to escape to West in 1947 at time of Miko-lajczyk's flight. - DABHOWSKI
Polish Peasant Party official. Accused of anti-state activities and sentenced in 1947 to 10 years' imprisonment. - STEBMAK
Polish Socialist Parly : - Arrested in June 1947 with six other members of the Central Committee of the Polish Socialist Party and accused of maintaining contact with their fellow Socialists in Britain and carrying on espionage for Western intelligence. - WYLEZYNSKI
National Democratic Party :
Collaborated with Rozkosz (see below) in running the Western press agency in Poland after the war. Arrested in 1947 on charge of carrying on espionage for Western intelligence. - KLIMPEL
Collaborated with Rozkosz (see below) in running the Western press agency in Poland after the war. Arrested in 1947 and accused of espionage for Western intelligence. - LESNIEWSKI
A pre-war journalist who was head of the Western press agency set up by a group of members of the National Democratic Party after the war. Arrested in 1947 and accused of espionage for Western intelligence. - ROZKOSZ
Prominent Churchmen :
Archbishop Ordinary of Lwow. Expelled from Lwow by Soviet authoritie after capture of town by Soviet Army. Elected Vicar Capitular to Archbishoprie of Cracow in 1951. Arrested in December 1952. Whereabouts unknown. - Mgr. Eugeniusz BAZIAK
Protonotary Apostolic Prelate, Warmia. Interned on January 26th 1951. - Mgr. Teodor BENSCH
Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice. Arrested in November 1952. Charged with organising Catholic parents in demanding religious instruction in schools. - Mgr. Juliusz BIENIEK
Arrested in January 1951. Sentenced in September 1953 to 12 years' imprisonment. Released for health reasons in February 1955. It was reported in February 1956 that he had been re-arrested. [Universe, April 27th 1956, quoting Vatican sources). - Mgr. Czeslaw KACZMAREK
Protonotary Apostolic Prelate, Upper Silesia. - Mgr. Boleslaw KOMINEK
Protonotary Apostolic Prelate, Lower Silesia. - Mgr. Karol MILIIC
Protonotary Apostolic Prelate, Lubusza. - Mgr. Edmund NOWICKI
Director of Catholic Welfare Organisation « Caritas ». Tried in August 1947 on charge of passing information to Western Powers through editor of P. S. L. (Polish Peasant Party) paper Gazeta Ludowa and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. - Mgr. PAWLINA
Bishop Auxiliary of Cracow Archdiocese. Arrested in December 1952 with Archbishop Baziak (see above). His whereabouts are unknown. - Mgr. Stanislaw ROSPOND
Protonotary Apostolic Prelate, Gdansk. Mgr. Andrzej WBONKA
Arrested in September 1953. Publicly accused of violating the Church-State Agreement of April 1950, but not brought to trial. Reported to have been transferred to a monastery in Sanok, Rzeszow province in 1955. The exact conditions of his custody are not known. - Cardinal WYSZYNSKI
Vicar Capitular of Olsztyn Diocese. Arrested in October 1953. Whereabouts unknown. - Mgr. Wojciech ZINK
It is believed that the following bishops have been permitted to leave prison and to live in monasteries or convents :
Diocese of Katowice. Arrested in November 1952. Officially stated in 1953 to be living in a convent in the Poznan province. - Mgr. Stanislaw ADAMSKI
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno Diocese. He was Cardinal Wyzsynski's secretary and was arrested in October 1953 shortly after the Cardinal's arrest. It is rumoured that he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment at a secret trial. Reported to be detained in a monastery in the province of Poznan. (New-York Times, February 11th 1956). - Mgr. Antoni BAHANIAK
Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice. Arrested in November 1952 on similar charges. On June 11th 1956, Kuznica Kaplanska reported his presence at an ordination in the Gorzow diocese. Transferred to a monastery. - Mgr. Herbert BEDNORZ
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno Diocese. Arrested September 1953. His whereabouts are unknown. It is possible that he is living in the monastery at Jasna-Gora (Czestochowa). On June 15th 1956, Tygodnik Powszechny reported that he had consecrated two altars in the monastery. - Mgr. Lucjan BERNICKI
Roumania
Politicians :
The National Peasant Party :
Aged 43. Official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sentenced to 15 years' solitary confinement in November 1947. - Camil DEMETRESCU
Aged 77. Minister of Justice in the Groza . Government from January 7th 1946 (as representative of National Peasants) Reported to have been arrested in 1948 and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, at the end of which he was not released. - Emil HATIEGANU
Aged 59. Secretary-General of the National Peasant Party organisation in Transylvania, a lawyer, sentenced to 12 years' solitary confinement in November 1947. - Hie LAZAR
Born 1873. President of the National Peasant Party (forcibly disbanded July 1947). Sentenced to solitary confinement for life in November 1947. According to Gheorghe Tatarescu (former Prime Minister, released from prison July 1955) Maniu died in prison in 1952 {New York Times, October 21th 1955). - Iuliu MANIU
Aged 63. Secretary-General of the National Peasant Party. Minister of the Interior in the Sanatescu Cabinet. Sentenced to five years' solitary confinement in November 1947 and not known to have been released. - Nicolae PENESCU
Aged 44. Official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sentenced to 25 years' solitary confinement in November 1947. - Victor RADULESCU-POGONEANU
Aged 65. Chief of the Press Bureau of the National Peasant Party. Sentenced to 10 years' solitary confinement in November 1947. - Vasile SERDICI
Allegedly Vice-President of a National Peasant Party " military organisation ". Sentenced to eight years' solitary confinement in November 1947. - Col. Stefan STOICA
Other Members of the National Peasant Party imprisoned without trial:
N. ANGIIEL - I. BOZDOC - I. CAPETINEANU - CHIRILA - Gheorge CONSTANTINESCU - Orest COSLOVSCIII - Gh. CHRISTESCU - G. DAMCIU - Titus DAMIAN - Aurel DOBHESCU - Ghita DRAGOS - Virgil Gnosu - Pan HALIPA - Dr. Emil HATEGANU - Ion HUDITA - Hie ION - Mrs. Mara LAZAR - Vasile LEPADATU - Ion LEON - Aurel LEUCUTIA - Gica MACARESCU - MARINACHE - Vasile MELINTE - Plizu MICSUNESTI - Gheorghe MIRONESCU - Ion NICOLAU - Ion PERCEC - Dr. I. PETRESCU - Gheorghe POP - Dr. I. C. POP - Ion POP - Leonida POP - Mihai POPOVICI - Ion RADU-CANU - Teodor ROXIN - Sauciuc SAVEANU - Aristide SHILERU - Cezar SIMIONESCU - Gheorghe SIMIONESCU - Dr. Virgil SOLOMON - Cezar SPINEANU - Ieronim STOICHITZA - Aurel VLAD - I. ZEN - Popescu ZORICA.
The National Liberal Party ,
(The politicians given below are believed to be under arrest since their disappearance from public life in 1947-1948).Dr. Constantin A N G E L E S C UVictor A N T O N E S C U
Aged 68. Secretary-General of the National Liberal Party from 1934. - Constantin I. C. (Bebé) B R A T I A N U
Born 1866. President of the National Liberal Party from 1934. Said to have died in prison in 1950. (Tatarescu interview, New-York Times, October 21st 1955). - Constantin I. C. (Dinu) B R A T I A N U
Aged 57. Member of the National Liberal Party Executive Committee. Rumoured to have committed suicide in prison. - Gheorghe B R A T I A NU
Former Governor of the National Bank of Roumania. - Victor B A D U L E S C U
Aged 79. Directeur-General Roumanian railways.CIRAIANUTancred CONSTANTINESCUConstantin D I M I T H I U
Former Governor of the National Bank of Roumania. - Dorel D U M I T R E S C U
Aged 66. Former Minister of Industry and Commerce.I. L A P E D A T UIon MANOLESCU-STRUNGAFormer Under-Secretary for Education. - Victor PAPACOSTEAFormer National Liberal Party Minister without Portfolio. - Radu PORTOCALAFormer Ministry of Industry and Commerce.Mihai ROMNICEANUGheorghe STRATFormer under-Secretary for Defence. - Constantin Z A N F I H E S C U
Dissident Liberal Party: - (The politicans given below are believed to be under arrest since their disappearance from public life in 1947 - 1948).
Former Minister of Finance. Forcibly retired from collaboration with regime in 1947, but not tried until 1953 when he was sentenced to life imprisonment for high treason. - Alexandru A L E X A N D R I N I
Aged 73. Held numerous administrative posts between the two wars. - Ion CAMARESESCU
Independent Social Democratic Party :
Timisoara Party Organisation. - Iosif BERAN
Member Bucarest Sect. III Committee. - I. Cioc
Secretary Covurlui party organisation. - Maria CONSTANTINESCU
Chairman Valcea Party Organisation. - Gh. CRESTESCU
Administrative Secretary General Party. - Romulus DAN
Political Secretary General of the Party. - Adrian DIMITRU
Member, Executive Committee. - Ilie DUMITRU
Member, Executive Committee. - Gh. Ene FILIPESCU
Chairman Sebes organisation. - Professeur FOSCA
Secretary, Botosani party organisation. - Nae HRISTESCU
Chairman, Ilfov party organisation. - Dr. Stefan JIANU
Member Bucarest Section III Committee. - Ing. MIHAIL
Member, Executive Committee. - Ion MlRESCU
Member, Executive Committee. - Traian NOVAC
Chairman Bucarest Party organisation, Section II. - Gh. OPHISAN
Chairman Dolj Party organisation. - RADULESCU-LIVEZI
Member Bucarest Section III Committee. - Edgar SOMMER
Chairman Covurlui party organisation. - Ion SPARLEA
Member, Executive Committee. - A. STAMBULEANU
Chairman, Tulcea party organisation. - Duiliu VONOGRADSKI
Prominent Churchmen :
Roman Catholics :
1. Vicar-General of Alba Iulia. Arrested June 4th 1950. - Mgr. Luigi BOGA
2. Rector of the Cathedral Seminary of Timisoara. Sentenced to hard labour for life in September 1951. (Chief defendant at this trial was Mgr.Augustin Pacha). - Mgr. Adalbert Bonos
3. Bishop of Iasi. Arrested June 26th 1949. Reported to have died. (Annuario Pontificio, 1956). - Mgr. Antoniu DURCOVICI
4. Italian priest, charged with espionage. Sentenced to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment in September 1951, at same trial as Mgr. Pacha. - Abbé Clément GATTI
5. Diocesan Secretary of Timisoara. Sentenced to 20 years' hard labour in September 1951. Bishop of Timisoara until - Abbé Ion HEBER
6. Bishop of Timisoara until forcibly retired in September 1948. Arrested on June 26th 1949, and tried with nine co-defendants in September 1951. Sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for "plotting to overthrow the State". Rumoured to have been released in 1954 at the age of 84 on health grounds and to have died shortly afterwards. Although the authorities had earlier announced the release and death of Archbishop Cisar of Bucharest on similar circumstances, no announcement has been made concerning Mgr. Pacha. - Mgr. Augustin PACHA
7. Bishop of Satu Mare and Gran Varadino. Deposed September 17th 1948 and subsequently arrested. Reported to have died. (Annuario Pontificio, . 1956). - Mgr. Ion ScnEFFLER
8. Canon of Bucharest Cathedral. Sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life in September 1951. - Mgr. Iosif SCHUBERT
9. Director of the diocese of Timi- Mgr. Iosif WALTNER soara. Sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in September 1951. - Mgr. Iosif WALTNER
Uniate Priests :
Vicar-General of Lugoj. Arrested in 1948. - Mgr. Ion PLOSCARIV
Apostolic Administrator of ras and Alba Iulia, Titular Bishop of Moglena. Arrested September 27th 1948. Reported to have died. (Annuario Pontificio, 1956). - Mgr. loan Suciu
Vicar-General of Maramures. Arrested October 28th 1948. - Mgr. Ludovico VIDA
It is believed that the following Bishops have been permitted to leave prison and to live in monasteries or convents :
Bishop of Lugoj. Arrested October 28th 1948. Said to have been transferred from . Sieget prison to the Orthodox convent of Curtea de Arges at end of 1955. - Mgr. loan BALAN
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. Placed under house arrest September 30th 1948. Said to have been transferred from Sieget prison to the Orthodox convent of Curtea de Arges at end of 1955. - Mgr. Iuliu Hossu
Bishop of Maramures. Arrested October 1948. Said to have been transferred from Sieget prison to the orthodox convent of Curtea de Arges at end of 1955. - Mgr. Alexandra Rusu