MARIANNA BALCERZAK

Witness:


Name and surname Marianna Balcerzak
Parents’ names Tomasz and Julianna née Tomaszewska
Age 57 years old
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation farmer
Criminal record allegedly none
Place of residence Ryczywół, Świerże Górne commune

On 13 September 1939, my husband Józef Balcerzak was taken by the Germans and imprisoned in Głowaczewo, and then relocated from Głowaczewo to Brzóza. In Brzóza he was released and then, on his way back home, he came across the German army in the Grabnowola village, Mariampol commune, where he was shot dead. I found my husband’s body three weeks later, and with the permission of German authorities, I brought him to the cemetery in Ryczywół where I buried him. I have testified.