75,000 workmen, reduced to poverty by the deliberate destruc- Unspecified.. Various places. SERBIA German authorities. Frequent tortures-before murder; tearing out eyes, cutting off Various dates Velès and other places. | Bulgarians.. Beaten and hung up. Carried out in prisons and in military quarters Bastinado-most frequent of the tortures. Men hung up by the feet; heavy weights fastened to feet; flesh torn with pincers; thrown into boiling water Woman un tressed and nailed to the ground.. Man hung on tree by feet --then set on fire.. 30 women (wives of priests and schoolmasters) beaten. The President of Society of Ladies of that town beaten. Even pregnant women beaten; torture also applied; stripped Families compelled to witness executions of relatives.. Leading inhabitants forced to do degrading tasks... Women in mourning forced to dance the kolo in the very place Lined up women, insulted them, and spat in their faces. Macedonia Bulgarian authority. 4.-DELIBERATE STARVATION OF CIVILIANS p. 16. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, p. 16. " p. 17. Rapport du Dr. Reiss. Rapport de la Civilians compelled to march in front of Austro-Hungarian troops 1917. GREECE Systematically organized by the Bulgarians. Nearly 40,000 vic- 1916-1918. tims among Greek population Eastern Macedonia.. Bulgarian authorities (sev- Greek Memorandum, pp. 7, 8. eral names known) 5.-RAPE. In many villages few women spared. Committed by officers and Soldiers suffering from venereal disease ordered to violate girls.. 6.-ABDUCTION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCED PROSTITUTION. 1914-1918. Eastern Macedonia. Siou- Several Turkish provinces GREECE More than 2,000 Greek children, less than 14 years of age, sent to Bulgaria Great number of Greek women sent to Bulgaria for prostitution. 1916-1918.. 1916-1918.. A great number of Greek girls and women carried off and locked up in Turkish harems. A great number of Greek children carríed off and distributed among Turkish houses 1914-1918.. A great number of Armenian women, girls and children locked up in harems and converted by force to Mohammedanism 7.-DEPORTATION OF CIVILIANS. German General. 6th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, pp. 7, 8. FRANCE During Easter week some thousands of inhabitants, including April, 1916.. Lille (Nord).. many young girls, were suddenly torn from their homes, deported to other regions, and made to undertake forced labour, which is proved by a German Proclamation of April, 1916 180 women and girls and 164 men from this place were sent to Feb. 17,1917.. Nesles (Somme).. Germany German troops. GREECE Nearly 70,000 Greeks deported to Bulgaria, where a great number succumbed to bad treatment, hunger and disease 1916-1918.. Eastern Macedonia.. More than 400,000 Greeks compelled to abandon their homes and to seek refuge in Greece More than half a million Greeks deported to the interior of Asia Minor, where a great number (more than two-thirds) succumbed to bad treatment, hunger and disease More than a million Armenians deported to Mesopotamia and Syria, where a great number succumbed to bad treatment, hunger, and disease ITALY Deportation of able-bodied men who were forced to leave as soon as they were notified of their destination, even if they were the only support of their family. Two lady nurses were taken from Udine and interned near Gratz ROUMANIA Thrace. Western coast of Asia Minor Many Turkish provinces... Many cases of deportation of the staffs of communal institutions, Unspecified.. Roumanian front. in order to interfere with the life of the communes. The transportation was often accompanied by brutal treatment. 9th Report of the French Commission of Enquiry, No. 235. p. 23. Austrian and German mil- Rapport du Dr. Reiss. Rapport de la itary authorities Commission d'enquête serbe, pp. 3,4. SERBIA Deportation into Bulgaria en masse, including children and the aged. Subjected to extreme hardships during transportation; many died of exhaustion 1914-1918.. Serbia (various places). Bulgarians (ordered by Bulgarian Government) Massacres, tortures, rape accompanied deportation. Many robbed on the way. Principal victims: Professors, teachers, priests, judges, lawyers, 1914-1918.. Sourdoulitza. " 1914-1918. 3,000 massacred in Sourdoulitza. 1914-1918. " Bulgarian soldiers.. Carried off about 10 per cent. of the population of occupied Serbia. 1915-1918.. Serbia.. 9.-FORCED LABOUR OF CIVILIANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY, AND OTHERWISE. BELGIUM Unsuccessful attempts to make workmen at the Central Arsenal resume work: 3 persons imprisoned; 190 workmen sent to Germany April-May, Luttre.. 1915 Similar incidents in other localities. FRANCE June 1915.. May 1915. Sweveghem. Malines. That French civilians were subjected to forced labour under severe hardships is clear from the two following documents:1. A proclamation ordering the inhabitants (men, women, July 20, 1915.. Holnon (Aisne). and children) to work in the fields every day, including Sundays, from 4 A.M. to 8 P.M., with a total break of 2 hours, making 14 hours' work. "Idlers" were to be beaten if they were children, and to undergo 6 months' imprisonment after the harvest if they were women 2. A "Notice respecting civilian worker" required workers to | April 28, 1916. Place unspecified.. salute German officers. Their wages were fixed at 2.25 fr. per day, of which 1.75 fr. was deducted, leaving 50 c. pay, of which only 25 c. was paid in cash GREECE Greek women compelled by Bulgarians to work in fortification 1917-1918. works Demir-Hissar. Bulgarian authorities.. Greek Memorandum, p. 10. SERBIA. Ordered to carry munitions and provisions to the front, dig 1915-1918.. Various places in Serbia.. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, p. 33. People taken at a distance; long spells of labour; had to find their own food (See also No. 12.) |