In Suchedniów on this day, 10 July 1948, at 10.00 a.m., I, Marian Szot from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Suchedniów, acting on the basis of Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the participation of reporter Alojzy Kocela, whom I have informed of the obligation to attest to the conformity of the report with the actual course of the procedure by his own signature, have heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the right to refuse to testify for the reasons set forward in Article 104 of the CCP and of the criminal liability for making false declarations, pursuant to Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Teodor Kuzdub |
| Parents’ names | Teofil and Waleria, née Kowalik |
| Date and place of birth | 9 November 1901, Mostki, Wąchock commune |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Place of residence | Stokowice, Suchedniów commune |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
With regard to the matter at hand I can provide the following information: I don’t remember the exact date. During the occupation, Polish partisans, who were just moving from the Stokowicki forest, Suchedniów commune, to the Siekierzyńskie forest around Kleszczyna, clashed with the German gendarmerie stationed in the Pasternik school No 1 in Suchedniów. The Germans were waiting in ambush for the approaching Poles. When the latter walked into the ambush, the gendarmerie opened fire from machine guns, killing partisans in Kleszczyna, on the road leading to Siekierno. Among those whom the Germans killed were Stefan Herman and Stanisław Berus from the Suchedniów commune and two other partisans whose names remain unknown. After killing these partisans, the gendarmes ordered the former village administrator, Antoni Tuszeń, to bury them on the spot. Tuszeń did as he was told.
The unknown partisans were from another village and that is why I don’t know their names. I wish to note that the bodies of the partisans were buried in the local cemetery after the liberation, which is where they still remain. As far as the names of the gendarmes who carried out the execution are concerned, one of them was called Geldze (Oberleutnant) and his deputy Materno. Their underlings were Sztum and Paul.
At this the report was read out and signed.