JAN JASTRZĘBSKI

On 17 December 1945, in Radom, Kazimierz Borys, Investigating Judge from the Second District of the District Court in Radom, based in Radom, interviewed the person named below as an unsworn witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Jan Jastrzębski
Age 37 years old
Names of parents Jakub and Józefa
Place of residence Radom, Strzelecka Street 5
Occupation shoemaker
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

In October 1942, the Germans executed my two brothers. One of them, Władysław Jastrzębski, born on 24 April 1918, a locksmith at the Arms Factory in Radom, was hanged on 13 October 1942, while the other, Stanisław Jastrzębski, born on 26 April 1904, died on the gallows on 14 October 1942. The latter also worked as a locksmith at the factory in question.

I wasn’t present at the execution. But I saw Władysław’s body hanging from the gallows by the Kielce road, as I arrived at the execution site a few hours after the execution, before the removal of the bodies.

I don’t know for sure where the bodies were buried. I was told that they had been taken to Firlej and then burnt.

I have never been to the execution site near the Arms Factory.

Having been shown photographs of the people executed near the Arms Factory and by the Kielce road, the witness testified as follows:

In the photograph of the people executed near the Arms Factory, my brother, Stanisław, is hanging fifth from the right or eleventh from the left. My brother Władysław is hanging fifth from the right or sixth from the left in the photograph of the people executed by the Kielce road.

The report was read out.