Gorlice, 19 September 1947. The Municipal Court in Gorlice, with Judge Dr. T. Turosz presiding and with the participation of a reporter, J. Kazek, interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations of the wording of Art. 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Jan Dziopek |
| Age | 58 |
| Parents’ names | Józef and Antonina, née Pękal |
| Place of residence | Gorlice, Łęgi Street 10 |
| Occupation | middle school teacher |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Relationship to parties | none |
Having been legally cautioned and instructed, I hereby testify:
I was arrested by the Gestapo on 21 August 1940. After being in prisons in Gorlice, Jasło and Tarnów, I was sent to Auschwitz on 8 October 1940.
I encountered the accused Hans Aumeier in the camp on the day he became Lagerführer [camp leader], and I had closer encounters with him after I became a writer at the camp registry. I saw Aumeier beat and abuse prisoners. Through the window, I saw him personally administer the punishment of whipping, usually inside the block elder’s room in block 24. I heard him say to a prisoner, having beaten him: “Morgen [du] wirst erschossen” – “Tomorrow, you’ll be shot”. I took down the prisoner number of this inmate, a colleague, and since I worked at the camp registry I was able to ascertain whether Aumeier had kept his word. And indeed, after three days the prisoner was placed on the death register. Aumeier had ordered him killed.
The accused would administer draconian punishments for the most trivial offenses. He sentenced four inmates to six weeks of nighttime arrest standing upright. Two of them died within a dozen or so days. These prisoners had to work as usual during the day. I saw the accused personally give 50 lashes to a whole kommando working at the so-called “Canada.”
The accused committed an outrageous crime on 6 January 1943, when he collected around 400 prisoners working at the Effektenkammer [personal effects storeroom], Bekleidungskammer [clothing storeroom], Erkennungsdienst [identification service], and the Entwesungskammer [disinfection chamber], divided them into three groups, and around a third, i.e., 150 people, were taken to block 11, where they were shot. Of the other two thirds, one group, consisting of Germans and Volksdeutschers, was left in their kommandos, while the rest – whoever had not signed the Volksliste – was shot.
The report was concluded and signed.