JERZY ŻURKOWSKI

On 11 November 1947, in Radom, Attorney Zygmunt Glogier, a member of the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom, heard the person named below as a witness without an oath. After being informed about the criminal liability for giving false testimony, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Jerzy Żurkowski
Age 23
Parents’ names Stanisław and Maria
Place of residence Grodzka Street 2, Radom
Occupation student
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

In August 1944, in Garbatka, during the roundups that were carried out in this area, I was myself detained. The German Schupo police, gendarmerie and Wehrmacht took part in the raid. The roundup lasted for two days, or maybe more. As far as I know, about a thousand people were taken along with me, just men. In the following days, at least another thousand people were picked out. When we were grouped in Garbatka, on the square in the sawmill, we were informed that we must be taken away from the frontier areas and that after we had been deported, we would be allowed to go free. From Garbatka, we were taken by train to Radom and placed in the camp at Szkolna Street, in the buildings of the former ghetto. Those who turned out to be permanent residents of Radom were interrogated by the Gestapo on the spot. I was also questioned. Then a German doctor came to our camp. On the basis of the certificate that each detainee had, he segregated [them] into two groups.

I was sent to Małogoszcz, from where I was released after a few days. The rest were directed to Germany via by Czestochowa, and some of them were transported to Włoszczowa.

This is my testimony.

The report was read out.