I was arrested in April 1952 for alleged sabotage. My war-time WRN membership didn't help. [The WRN was part of Poland's anti-Nazi resistance.]
I was sent to prison on Rakowiecka
Street.
The 10th Pavilion was supposedly the
worst of all prison buildings there. I was placed in cell number 13. It was about
7' x 10' with six other inmates. One bed plus six straw matrasses and a toilet
bowl serving also as a lavatory.
The whole cell was painted black,
including the cement floor, and had one tiny window through which you couldn't
see anything. The food was delivered three times a day by a couple of inmates
(former Nazis).
I was in investigated day and night
(usually several times a night). No physical torture but enough of
psychological torture.
The investigation stopped after three or
four months and I was transferred to a much bigger cell with thirty people in
it. Stalin and Beria died (or were killed) in the meantime, which possibly
helped, because soon thereafter there was a process during which the
accusations were dropped and I and 10 other "co-conspirators" were
set free. I was called to the office of Warsaw Polytechnic's Security Police
Office where they reminded me that I'm not allowed to talk to anyone about my
prison experience.
Tue, 26 Feb 2002
Roman Solecki
"To Chew Someone Down" Bieganski Interview #1
"Poles are Inherently Comic
Janitors" Bieganski Interview # 2
"My Father Began to Conceal His
Jewish Origins" Bieganski Interview # 3
They Worked Like Moles Their Whole Lives
Bieganski Interview # 4
"She Never, and I Mean Never, Threw
Anything Away" Bieganski Interview # 5
"They Always Kept One Token
Jew" Bieganski Interview # 6
"White Privilege? I Laugh"
Bieganski Interview # 7
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