TECHNIKUM MORSKIE NAWIGACYJNE/SUMMER TRAINING CAMP AT LEBA/DAR POMORZKA TRAINING CRUISE

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• Publication Date: March 22, 1954
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INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Technikun Morekie Iswigaeyjne/Summer Training Cea!p at
Leba/IaAR POMORZKA 'Prainina Cruise
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how one deals 'with such problenla in People I o Poland.
lettor.to the Ministry of Shipping, in which
an a sailor for tb.'ei'Poland of workers and poananto
chip between Poland j a`nd the 7JSSR, etc.
Gdynia for an entriinas exaaiaation.
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bad. They slept on mattreenes laid'on the floor. The examination was both
1'oliah and 'modern
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oral and written. It comprisedmathematies,
Poland' .
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read a deser totior: of such an event' in a newspaper.
received a good medical ccrtificrtte, and was! in.
1.0. ")very cournc Jtnd :it.r r,):n 'url.ict~r. sectiuit' . Grcat :cttcat.ion Was given LJ
siirendin/; in nuJ.recilttL~n of ntusic. i.cc,turera ,utd uerformera; cr+ne from Lhc
:;zczccin Ihi.lh??rmon:.rt to talk about music: and ':o give concert,. : or,ettmec
the student, attended concerts In the tctwfl. There Was a school choir
(Dircct)r rnu7 ? cJ.aJ.ownki). Genera..l.1y ;50vict nrd Pol.!.sh muflir wea peri'nrmcd.
?.J.. "')'here was a lot of s}'o,rts activity on the school's own ground.: basketball.,
netball, football, comlaetitions for a aborts badge (Pos) c'.c.
12, "The pupils also had extra work without pt>,y outside the school either in r the fort'
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of luzba Polce or of 'voluntary pledge frequent 'voluntary pledge
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involved stitching sails. On :1,undnya they often were taken tto c the were ifound n th 25X1 A
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Onczeein area to dig potatoes. Once in the
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"^?fter the Loaaona, nt. :uu '.i, ,.Ito hull ??
oar. hour of obti0ntory ci11onrri, and )hen the cuJ.+.urr.a or ettucrttional (ic 1, lIt ic
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cccupnt.tonr, aporta ntrdlmiit`.riry training.'! 11upper - achedu].ed for 6;00 M
wan often dc.u.ycd. ..t''.,er nuupcr stuns a 15-minute prec r report (:' taowkr )
;.rcrrred by i'ourth course r;tudentn, that obligatory silc::cr_. "?t 9 1+5 fl a
report on current new:, ), : repnrfpcl by cirt,s editors, W7,11; broc?dr.tst by
wired radio. FinttlLy there wrts the evenirig rot.) cr1i r_nd bed. '(.'his wlred
rnriie' a) o brad''^"" t -",i ' in?~' (mo;tly :soviet songs Lrancle-tr.r1 into
Polish), and lectures propagatinf i the U:iSFt.
reality', in ;,arti,:ul.nr t.a the :~r.st. J'he textbook o
from iiucci an, treated the ;ub,jcct from t angle completely contrary) to hl l
that had been r:cceT~t.ed h.therto. The pupils raged inwardly but hrtd to )darn i. t.
till. now. ed;:c r_)f R:u:si ari I.i.t:erature wart propagated no' strongly thitt even in
the lessons 'in t?hc+ I'r, lnh :LenCtrai{c we re X11 jbookn t.re.nal ted from the Kuasi . i.
Thn great clnnsirll wri.tera of Hue wee a ob:, tgatory (rI'oJsvacntiunltorn, ettc )y,
The -'old' Pol.i ch books were banned rrt sc?~r~gl Aftcr every lea
a search vas made in t.hc dormitorier whicc the student, were in classes;
they left the clrtnr,room:i Lheir dctikn wrrrr` ser.rchcd ii turn.
h d lunch. Th.tt: was followed h,
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they stood in ranks for a roll caJ., the or r o
punishments. They sang the hymn of Communist Youth - 'Forward, Youth of the
World' (Naprzod 141odziezy :;width). '' The bpys jested that this roll call. was a
'Morning Prayer for ::talin' and 'Hymn to dint Bierut'. Lessons eta t at
8:30 14. rash day thcroiwere six lessonst~t5 minutes each. The p gr
included: Economic _eoti rr.phy rf Poland and) the world, Lemons on the Constitu-
tion and modern Po.luud, aintury of1Poland and of the world, ':athematies;
Physics, Chemistry, Pol.Ii;h 1, nguage, Ruse an anguage., English iwnguxpe, and
professionr,J. training irtgencrr?.L knowledge; f ships, signalling, ship inatru-
menta, navigation (st:art,.ng in the', second course) and other normal subjer?.ts.
",111 new r.rhool ruu,unlr rre wrf.tten to cutivate a 'critical approach to
f ^alish history tr*uutlated
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"The school yerx bege.n 10' ;op 51, in a newt owing building at A1e3a Plastow
5 No 19, Szczecin. The right wing (when facing the school) contains the ils
school Technikum 1 ks?>loatnc Jl :'eg.tugi i Yortc?w, which has about 300 p P ,
boys and girls.
6. "TechnikUrn 1Jawi ;rcyJne h,,.d 1:00 pupils divided into five courses. Each course
had three or four c.lnsser',each composed of 24 pupils.
7. "The day started with the morning cal-1 K 6:30 A14. The pupils dressed, made
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to take them back cnd they had to walk all the vay to Szczecin.. On a number
of occasions they! were taken to the port of Szczecin tb load and unload ships
and to help in the construction or. repair of railway tracks.
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0V the rourth course pupils stood guard at the gate; he examined the passes
and b'~ten searched the pockets of"'those leaving the school. This sentry was
armed with an automatic pistol.
Political Activities
14. "Much time was taken by political occupations. The pupils belonged to various
organizations: the Sea League, League of the Friends of the Soldier, Polish-
Soviet Friendship Society and of course the IMP. There Was also a Party
organization at the school. The ZMP organized political talks. Sometime&,
special lecturers, arrived from the Party authorities in Szczecin or even
Warsaw.. The LMP controlled the school library, 'purging' it periodically of
" reactionary''1?terature. The 74's task.wfls to raise the moral and ideological
standards of the pupils. 'It waged xar on all the 'reactionary vices' of youth,
labelled with the new Communist slang ('Bikipiarstwo','Bazanciarstwo'.
'Buo , lrabiostwo!. 'H.abiostwo';cieane that a pupil returning to
school aftel a holiday, at home, loaded with a baggage, takes a'?taxi. ?T i was
considered sissy:) ZMP also fought against smoking which,waq forbidden'anyway
by.thp school rules. A boy caught smoking had his hair cut in'.an'o4d,way as
punishment. The ZMP'training raised denunciation to the level.of a virtue,
calling it 'the need for socialists vigilance';, Every aourae elected, itt} ZW
committee. In the 'first course, however, the election was 'firmly controlled..
Each class also had its own leader who must be approved by the Zt4P.
15? "One of. the 741' activists was Zdzislaw Duda (fifth course), secretary of the
CP organization in schr'o1. Once he found in the possession of one of the
cadets a book entitled 'Through Loye to Siberia' ('Przez Miloso Na Syberiei)
2'5X1 A in which the conditions iu Siberirlwere described in accurately dark colors.
This happened in the Soon afterwards 21 cadets were expelled.
The school authorities' were ruthless in dealing with attempts at opposition or 2 5X1 A
resistance. Expulsions were frequent. They even nit Z* notivitiste The
W leader, ~t,] Pster k. was expelled in and do rived of ~a sailing 25X1 A
i?ermit . 7,'h is was during the purge among the pupils in At that
timo at toast on rd of all the pupils wan expelled. 2 5X1 X
25 1X of the 120 pupils of the fourth course, as mary as 40.
16. "Despite the political prosoure and threats of expuenion, the school had nn t+.t:-
mosphore of discontent which was aiwaya on the incrornso after the pupils had
returned from holidays a~ home. This diccatiofaction fount outward nxpreseion.
Ono ocunoion was provided tho'obIligatory military training conducted under
the direction of Capt L3?n , Kropiwnicki, for pupils from the third oourao
upward. The school was in the category of 'militarized establishments', which
meant that its pupils were supposedlto do their military training during
school (in off-duty hours), plus three months' regular training after school;
they were not to be drafted in the Army on the mine footing ao ordinoxy
recr?itq4. This was, never Ciatipftfi~,tort~ xj+aclained to the boys . 't'hey were not
sure ~!ther`th (rl'ashv6i mi Peary txe ping would count for their obligatory
aervica. The authorities, in.atead of giving n convincing explanation, tried to
2 X1A make the boys cubmi,t1by threats and puniahmonta. ','There was serious trouble in
the third course in
at School: delayed Meals, bad economic arrangements, etc. The boys supported
him warm:y, while the politruka got angry. Paszcz
'enema of the pee lo' and no more y was dismissed as an
I, production conferences were arranged. In
hia place came Lfnu7Mazur, lecturer on the history of the Soviet CP.
18. "The head of the uchooi was Capt Konotanty Maciojewicz (Legiugi Wielkie:l).
Navigation was taught by 'Kazimierz Korzeniowaki, who studied at a navigation
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%a id soon disappeared., He was replaced by a Party activib..,[:nu] Mikoztacki.
2 5X1 X 19. "There were some foreigners at the school. some Czechs - all rather
nice beryfi. Two were called ffn 7 Pibob and Frantisek Hrushka.
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21. "Marino school cadets are forbidden to frequent pubs or restaurants. On their
free days they can either go to a cinema or to visit friends'in the vicinity.
Ntiile et school-, they can spend their free hours in~the local club usually run
by theIZMP?(Swietlica). There the entertainment must be 'edueatiorial'.? There
is ?a radio there, 'operated'd'rool a relay station in the school, which usually
broadcasts talks or music from Warsaw or T1bscow: The talks' are disliked -but
the cadets, like to listen to the music. The club offers such games As chess
ok-checkers and a Hide selection of the Polish?and!Soviet priaa
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22. From time to tirao' the 24P' covuittee at school organizes' a, dance for the' pupilb
The guests from the town pay entrance fees, but for the 'pupils it is free. It
is usually the practice toiinvite to this dance girlIa from one of the schools
in,Szezeoin but it 13 possible also to send an individual invi'bation'to a?girl
friend: *The invitation must be.obtained from the [MP'cOmattttee) who'ask the
flame of the girl and details about her: :Is she working or at?school who are
her parents, etc. The ZMP~comriitteh may object to c~girl not oaly.on grounds
of morals but also of 'political unreliability'. Generally, the school
authorities make less'fusslabout- the morals of pupila thaa?about their poli'Lical
reliability. Although the State education now aspires to replace the former
-influence ,of religion in the upbringing of youth in all spheres, -very little is
being done to instill In the young people the principles of sexual morality.
The' onS.y. lectures 1 hoard et; dehool. on this oub jec were about the prevention.
of venereal diseases.. The girls come to the dance dressed an well as they can,
.Ln their beat stockings, ?etc. They use little, cosmetics or perfume; .the
use of lipstick and of nail polish is firmly discouraged. Only short frocks are III
worn. They dance to the music of waltzes, tangoes, foxtrots; no such 'modern
decadent' dencos as the samba, etc are allowed. The buffet offers beer, lemonade',
and antes. There is, a tendency "to, organize as. many of there ciences as poseitile
during Lent, and the attendance of all pupils is then compulsory.
23. "On principle, the muthoriticb prefer to invite the girls'', schools to such
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2 5X1 X dances: They discourage individual friendships with,-girlai in town. -
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(d) Drown 1:00 till 1::00 ?M, rowing prnr.tice main. J:crwuen ;:OL' fled 9: :;
'c.ulurnl. .iccupat.iena r? ;:00 F1, suppex': buttrrtnilk or r,o+tr :.:i.tk ~'.t.l,
crutltoc3, 'rinn.lly at 8:00 PM blv,:k coffee (vt;?huut: cur;nr)! tuid 1+ref?d.
t 9:30 11:1 the boys wenL to bed. On '=undrtys they received' cold nup;'ex
;.nsLOad of potatccr. rand milk.
32. F'or %rr_ining purposes the ,,upila were divided into tnrce w,Lchun. :':ery d'),.,
one watch stayed in the camp nL.t de.y dt,: qr n::tnt.1n?rnce ;}oho: c,ler fling,, p:r'ntiuir
11o1ttn, ct(l.
33. There were frequent night alarms. The ;)upt.'c h d to borrd they bor.tr, -nd le?trn
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25X1 X he was not on officer of any kind, but an engineer skilled in mathe-
matics, electronics and radio. There' were three instructors including ffn 7
Plusho, a former student of the Marine School and now a lieutenant in the 25X1
merchant marine and a signals expert; Fn 7 Polak; the name
of the third instructor.
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35. "There was no official politruk. All political activities', were run by the
G students themselves. The purpoae of the camp was to teach' the pupils roving
and sailing. The pressure of political indoctrination was considerably
released during their stay at Leba. Of course there was an obligatory reading
ofnewspapera every day, during the hours destined for 'cultural occupations',
but meetings were held rarely. Each watch had one meeting a week on the
average. The main topics were matters connected with training and results.
Each watch had its own committee. The leader was. Tadeusz Maslek 25X1
(a!spiendid person). The treasurer was TanasisMickas, aiGreek and a decent
boy. The secretary was Marian Rapicki.
36. "Cultural and political activities were the responsibilit of the 7MP organiza-
tion in the camp. Th' bead of thip organization was ffn Mate a of
mountaineer origin. The agitation-propaganda section was headed by gag
Hiidettrans . In the cultural aecti.,n was a certain Ireneusi Fedorcz
generally disliked because of his political eagerness and the suspicion that he
was an informer. Previously at school one of the pupils, fln 7 Ziel 4
had confessed to Fedorczyk that his brother lived in Sweden.. Soon erxard
Zieleneki was expelled. After a few weeks in the camp, the head of-the ZMP
organization for the whole Marine School ~nJ Paterek, together with another
member of the committee fln7Ziolkowski, made a visit to 'inspect camp
conditions. A meeting of all pupils was called. Y.aterek',and'Ziolkowski
criticized everybody and everything. The ZMP chief in the camp, ffn7 Mateja was also criticized. Being an ambitious boy he took it much to heart. Wit
another boy, he ran away from the camp a few days later and reached Gdynia.
He'was expelled from school as punishment.
37. "There was some sports in the camp besides training. The ,boys organized
their own football team which appeared several times in local games.
38. "At that time, the girl students of the pedagogical college from Zabrze, and
also girls from some other school, were spending summer vacations in Leba.
C'. 'Cultural ties' were established between the camp's ZMP and the girls' sections
of the Society for Polish-Soviet Friendship. The girls were invited to the camp
for an `Ognisko' and the boys to the girls' holiday home. On these occasions
the entertainment consisted of songs (especially Soviet aongs) and recitation
of propaganda poems -- no dancing.
39. "At one point that summer the brys elected a delegate to the Congress of
Youth Leaders ~Zlot Mlodych Przodownikow) in Warsaw.
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ho. "The relations between the boys fromlthe camp and the local people were good.
Sometimes the boys went to work for a few hours at the cod-smoking plant,
to earn a little extra money for cigaretteu. This could be arranged if one
belonged to the watch which was on duty in the camp, although it needed a
little 'organizing'.
hl. "The WOP was the local bogey; WOP. soldiers watched everybody and everything.
They had '.heir barracks somewhere beyond the town; they patrolled the stretch
of the shore,'especially the wood along it, and had a chain of watch points
scattered on the beach. Once four boys from the camp wandered into the
forbidden stretch of the wood. They were caught by a WOPp%trol and kept for
2h hours. They had an unpleasant time because the WOP wanted them to confess
that they intended to steal a boat and escape to Sweden.
h2. "The punishments in the camp were not very severe: a reprimand, a 'BW'
(Be'z Wyjacia) le 'no town leave, extra tasks. There was no 'Karcer'
(detention cell).
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two Soviet sailors from the Baltic Fleet in Leba.
44. In Leba there are some boarding ho.ls owned by the Workers' Holiday Fund,
Also, at that time the team of Polis sportsmen training for the Olympic
Games in Helsinki was at Leba.
45. "Work was being done to deepen the Lee a Canal.
DAR FOMORSK Training schooner
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(%eglugi Male j) Who, had
48. "The equipment of the DAR POMORZA has'remr.ined 'practically unchanged sirco
before~World War II. The ship still as auxiliary Diesel motors, modernized
since the war. She makes several tra ping tripe every year, mostly on the
Beltin1; once a year she sails to other sees.
49. "Our gloup boarded theohip ISchool authorities had certain diffi-
,Unt iIlnishcri Marina .3chool.
The fourth.
"I14R POMORSKA, the training vessel of the Marine School, carries a, crew of
140, including 110 cadets, mainly fr the second and third course, a few from
Officer of lot Watch - Anu Joozczuk
Officer of 2nd Watch - fnu Kwiatkowski
Officer of 3rd Watch - fnu Konieez .o
"The master InMENIIIIIIN - flnu] Jurkiewicz (Knpitan Zoglugi Wielkie3)
lot Officer - Jerzy 1 owicz
Political Education Officer- Michal;Kocon
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Kauk)I - fnu
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Also on board wore several officers o~ the lower grade
cultism in setting up the crow, sins many boys, especially from tk.w third
request of higher e.vtho'ritioe, a seco 4 screening Mai done at the school.
a largo group of third couroo ce.dets was brought by train ,;o
Odynial. Sevan cadets from Morakie Te hnik-.jm Meehaniczne in Gdynia were also
taken on board.
(a)
"Intenle marine-navigation training went on during the voyage to the
Mediterranean, although the order of he day was different at sea from in
port.
"'When the schogner lay in a herb r, the day started at 6:30 AM. The
cadets dressed, rolled up their aunnockc, cleaned the sleeping quarters.
Then folloved a? review in front
'adders), washing:
also done 'n the afternoons.
f the tutor, PT exercise (climbing
cad, 'nutter or lard. 8:00 AM - roll call,
general', maintenance and trainingr,
navigation instruments, furling iai.la, climbing the masts, equipping the
boats with food and radio apparaus. The second course had special
instruction in technical marine `ravings and in setting sails.- Naviga-
tinn instruction was conducted by!Pikon. This profeasioual training was
(b) "At 7:30 AM breakfast: coffee, b
singing of 'Forward Youth of the
occupations: painting, polishin
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under Politruk Kncon.
he tollcwing subjects of- political
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lectures:
Third annivezwary of the Korean War.
How should the law on the protection of state property be explained?
Victory of the Ua.SR over Hitlerism. (Here the cadets were told 'ten canons'
which had ensured the victory of the USSIi. They included the solidarity
of the world of labor, the effort of all Soviet nationalities and the
liquidation of the fifth column in the Ws R. Life of `.4talin
Nicholas Copernicus - as a scientist who had 'rebelled against the'stiff
restrictions Imposed upon soience,by the Church.
The 'imperialist cemp' - and the consequence6 xhiah an escapee to the West
must expect.
"^.11 the time, whether at soft or in port, all cadets had. t0 attend lectures
on political economics, on the state e.n 'i ; problem.
(d) "Noon - lunch: . . Roup, meat and potntces, ? two boars rest sad then more
professional training.
(e) "5:00 PM - supper: potatoes or n1-cr,roni, bnvon or meat. After supper,
culturrl occupations: Soviet films (eg 'Zolnierz Zwyciestwa'), singing
of Huanian songs in Polish trnnslrttion. At 8:00 PM - a second, light
supper of bread, sausage or lard or had cheese, sometimes join, and tem.
The.culture..1 oacupations were grganized by the 7MP which had a separate
section for eech watch, or by the t;rirnnry Pru?ty Organization on board.
(The secretary was the ship's storekeeper.)
"At 9:00 PM - evening roll call, instructions, for the next day, 'Forward
Youth of the World' . :,t 9:30 PM, - bed. Before the boys vent to! sleep,
they heard regularly the news on the rRdio (the 'Glos Marynarza'
edition from Gdynia). They u6urslly also heard radio news during breakfast.
Apart from that, they were completely cut off While an board from all
reports from the outside world. They heard nothing about such events
as the Berlin rioLn or Juzvinoki's escape.
51. "The service van done in three watches, each on duty for 24 hours. On Saturday
and on ;undcty, two watches could go ashore. Before they left Poland,, the boys
had been instructed to get all sortn'of propaganda leaflets and books for their
Il~ourney. ,
52. "While the ship van at sea, the watches on duty were changed every four hours.
When on duty, the watch did all the maintenance work on the ship, taking care
of the masts, helm and stern. The second watch had ideological training. The
third watch received instruction on instruments and navigation. The cadets of
older courses h'ad lectures and practical exercises in navigation. They also
trere attdchod to the officers on duty for instruction.
53. "The younger courses were instructed in the use of navigation instruments:
Compasses - there are three on the schooner, the main one on the bridge, the
second in the steering cabin, the third above the kitchen.
Gyro-compasses - one by the main compass on the bridge, the other inlthe
steering cabin, the third in the in igation cabin.
Mechanical sounding rods on a line rutd an acoustic echo instrument.
Mechanical speedometer and a pressure meter (inventor - the Soviet /f-nu7
Tchenikiyev) - in the. navigation cRbinu.
The crtdeto of the third and fourth course operated Lhe sextants.
54. "Aluo during the trip there were exercises in navigation, in the identification
of coasts, in the use of life-saving equipment. This consisted of four row
boats for 30 persons each and two motor boats for' 36 each.
55- "The Marine School also gives navigation training' on two yachts, each around
30 meters long: 'Jack Kranicki' and the former German '7.cv Morza'. Both these
yachts make regular trips between Szczecin, Ustka, Kolobrzeg, Darlowo and
Gdynia."
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