The Brutalization of Franz Blum 1974 Born into a well off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery A heroic deed which earned him six years in prison Once behind bars, he was treated with ruthless inhumanity by the guards And little by little but inexorably Franz turned into an insurgent