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SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 217
an unwanted organization because it set out to
protect the lives of Jews in the area.
What occurred was that the Polish youth, the
Poznancziks, began to instigate clashes with the
Jews. There were a number of incidents. For
example, older Jewish men were attacked and
beaten on the evening of Shabbat, when the
number of people returning from the shul began
to thin out and they were easy victims. It became
evident to the Jews that they had to reciprocate.
Once, before Shabbat, an announcement was
made that all Beitar activities for that evening
were cancelled and that it would be preferable for
the town's youth to remain at home; actually,
organized watch groups were sent out into the
streets so that they could react in case of an attack
on the Jews.
As they usually did, the Poznancziks attacked
a number of Jews that evening At that point our
watch group reacted. Unfortunately, the response
was too sharp, resulting in two of the assaulters
being critically wounded. Both of them were
stabbed and there was fear that they would die, so
they were sent to the large hospital in Lublin. From
that point on, the lives of our town's Jews became
safe and tranquil once more; however, serious
damage was done to the relationship of Beitar and
our town's authorities.
I argued before the civil authorities that there
was no evidence that Beitar had anything to do
with the incident. On the contrary, I could prove
that on the account of all ten sions in Luboml, I
had cancelled all of Beitar's activities that night
and asked all members of Beitar to remain at
home that evening. Nevertheless, my evidence
A Beitar unit in Luboml in 1936. From the right: (not
known), Sh. Gershenberg, Y. Hetman (leader of Beitar),
Ch. Huberman (second in command), N. Shpira, I.
Langer.
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Beitar members gathering to say goodbye to M. Eizenberg, who was making aliyah to Eretz Yisroel.