Nowa Wieś, 27 November 1948
Interviewed as a witness:
| Name and surname | Franciszek Bachniak |
| Parents’ names | Jan and Maria, née Szymonik |
| Date and place of birth | 15 October 1904, Gruszewnia, Kamyk commune, Częstochowa district |
| Citizenship and nationality | Polish |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Marital status | married |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Place of residence | Gruszewnia, Kamyk commune, Częstochowa district |
Testifies:
In 1943, in the month of May, I was present during the execution of 10 hostages who were hanged by the occupiers. On that day, when I was at home, I heard some commotion in the village. Curious, I looked out to the street and saw a truck arriving from the direction of Kamyk, filled with people and some poles. When the car came nearer, I saw a lot of armed Germans and approximately 20 emaciated people. The car stopped by the forester’s lodge at the end of the village, and it was only there that I saw that these were hostages who were to be hanged. These people were completely unknown to me. When the gallows – which the Hitlerite executioners had brought with them – were erected, the local populace was gathered there under compulsion to watch the execution. There were a great many people; 10 hostages were placed under the gallows, and the other 10 had to help hang them and fasten nooses around their necks. After the sentence was carried out, a doctor confirmed the deaths of these people, and then the executioners took the murdered 10 and the remaining 10 people and left in an unknown direction. I cannot say anything else regarding the present case.