One day when Idek was venting his fury I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast beating me in the chest on my head throwing me to the ground and picking me up again crushing me with ever more violent blows until I was covered in blood. She received several blows to the head blows that could have been lethal. Her son was clinging desperately to her not uttering a word. He was no longer crying. And he began beating him with an iron bar. At first my father simply doubled over under the blows but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning. I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip. he was counting. He took his time between lashes. Only the first really hurt. That presented Franek with the opportunity to torment him and on a daily basis thrash savagely. Left right: he punched him. slapped One!...Two!...