In Jaworznia on this day, 18 November 1948, at 2.00 p.m., I, officer Henryk Gawlik from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Piekoszów, acting on the basis of Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, observing the formal requirements set forward in Articles 240–245, 258 and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, have heard the witness named below. The witness, having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, pursuant to the provisions of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the right to refuse testimony for the reasons set forward in Articles 104 and 106 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, stated as follows:
Name and surname | Józef Kubica |
Parents’ names | Andrzej and Antonina |
Age | 53 years |
Place of birth | Jaworznia, commune of Piekoszów |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | farmer |
Place of residence | Jaworznia, commune of Piekoszów, district of Kielce |
Criminal record | none |
As regards the present case, I | am aware of the following facts: On 3 October 1939 German |
gendarmes surrounded the village of Jaworznia and detained all the men. They kept asking who was in possession of firearms. None of those detained admitted that they had weapons. The Germans took Tadeusz Majkrzyk and beat him up terribly; allegedly, he testified that Michał Grotek had a firearm – a rifle – and that Jarenkiewicz had a double-barreled hunting rifle. Whereupon the Germans released all the menfolk and the minor Tadeusz Majkrzyk, who had informed them about the weapons, and loaded Michał Grodek and Michał Jarenkiewicz onto a truck and ferried them away to Kielce. They were shot dead near the stadium in Kielce on 10 October 1939. I was not an eyewitness to the execution, but I do know that they were taken away and have not returned to date.
I have testified all the facts known to myself. At this point the report was brought to a close and read out before being signed by the witness.