In Mniów on this day, 8 January 1948, at 9.30 a.m., I, Stanisław Styrcz from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Mniów, acting on the basis of the following: Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure and Article 257 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, due to the unavailability of a judge in the township, in consequence whereof any delay could result in the disappearance of traces or evidence of a crime, which traces or evidence would cease to exist before the arrival of a judge, observing the formal requirements set forward in Articles 235– 240, 258 and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the participation of reporter Antoni Lisowski, whom I informed of his 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. The witness, having been advised of the importance of the oath, swore the requisite oath, and was also notified of the right to refuse testimony for the reasons set forward in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the liability for making false declarations, this pursuant to the provisions of Article 140 of the Criminal Code, thereupon stating:
| Name and surname | Władysław Bednarczyk |
| Parents’ names | Piotr and Marianna |
| Age | 49 years |
| Place of birth | Stachura, commune of Mniów, district of Kielce |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Place of residence | Mniów, commune of Mniów, district of Kielce |
| As regards the present case, I | am aware of the following facts: On 14 June 1943 at 2.00 a.m. |
| I | was arrested by the German Gestapo and deported to Oświęcim, where I was incarcerated |
| for 2 years. I | was arrested by the head of the Gestapo in Kielce himself; his surname was |
Witek. The abovementioned immediately took me to Kielce, while as regards the burning of the Bednarczyk family, and my family, the whole Szustak family, and the Prefski and Janus families from the village of Pogłodów, commune of Mniów, I must state that I was not present during these events, for they took place after I had been detained and taken to Kielce on 14 June 1943.
This is all that I know. The above is concordant with my oral testimony.