On 16 July 1948 the Magistrates’ Court in Kozienice, with Judge J. Schmidt presiding and with the participation of a reporter, J. Miernik, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness, without taking an oath. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the provisions of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:
Name and surname | Paweł Bogacz |
Age | 73 years old |
Parents’ names | Jan and Marianna |
Place of residence | Pionki, allotments |
Occupation | currently an old-age pensioner |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Criminal record | none |
Relationship to the parties | none |
Throughout the German occupation I worked as a master boiler-man at the State Gunpowder Plant in Pionki. A camp was set up on the grounds of the factory. I don’t know the number of prisoners detained there, nor do I know whether they were Jews only. I don’t know any details regarding the conditions they experienced in the camp. I can just confirm that many of these prisoners came to work in the boiler house, escorted by “Ukrainians”; they were gaunt and shabby, and also starved. I heard that they were very badly treated.