On 11 October 1947, the Municipal Court in Łódź, Criminal Section, on behalf of the Kraków District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, heard the following as witnesses: Zofia Kuklińska and Stanisława Badowska.
Present: Judge W. Chlebny, court reporter J. Mrozowski
At an open hearing, Stanisława Badowska was called as a witnesses. Zofia Kuklińska, whose address could not be determined, did not appear.
A letter from the Polish Union of Former Political Prisoners dated 27 August 1947 was received, from which it appears that Zofia Kuklińska is not known in Łódź.
When asked about name, occupation, place of residence and relationship to the parties, the witness responded:
| Name and surname | Stanisława Badowska |
| Age | 39 |
| Occupation | Clerk at the Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego |
| Place of residence | Łódź, Zacisze Street 6, flat 5 |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
Next the Judge advised the witness Stanisława Badowska of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the responsibilities arising from taking an oath in accordance with articles 111 and 113 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The witness Stanisława Badowska testified as follows:
From mid-January 1943 I was in the Majdanek concentration camp near Lublin, where I stayed until mid-July 1943 and from where I was sent to the Ravensbrück camp. I stayed there for three weeks and then I was placed in Feldeu. I don’t know either Hildegarda Löchert, or Luisa Merta. (At this point the court showed the witness a likeness of Hildegarda Löchert.)
The witness continues to explain: from the likeness shown to me, I recognize an Aufseherin [overseer] whom everyone called “Brygida”. I categorically declare that from the likeness shown to me I recognize a woman who [in the camp] was called “Brygida”. I met her when I was in Majdanek – i.e. from mid-January to mid-July 1943. “Brygida” escorted the prisoners out to work in the field. I know that “Brygida” struck terror into all prisoners. She always carried a gnarled piece of wood around with her.
One day, one of my friends, Helena Konce, whose current place of residence I do not know, complained to me that “Brygida” had beaten her with a stick because when she addressed Helena in German in order to help her ride uphill on a bicycle, my friend who did not understand German just did not understand what she meant. “Brygida” beat Helena Konce. On Helena’s head I saw several wounds that were bleeding profusely. I myself was never a direct witness of “Brygida” beating any prisoners. I was in a different work column and I was not a direct subordinate of “Brygida”. However, I heard from those prisoners whom she was in charge of that she struck terror into them; she often beat them, but I would like to mention that other overseers carried a whip with them, but “Brygida” always had a gnarled stick with her. I also heard that she would take away food from prisoners when they happened to receive some from civilians while out in the field. The prisoners had opportunities to receive food from the civilian population, since the work column numbered about a thousand people. I once saw such an incident: in February 1946 [?], one hundred prisoners were severely beaten by their overseers for taking some swedes. The punishment involved each of the prisoners lying down, and the overseers beating them with whips on their buttocks. “Brygida” also took part in the beating.
I never heard of any incidents of anyone helping the prisoners, but she was known in the camp for her zeal and ill-treatment of the Poles. During the time when I was in Majdanek there were only Jewish women. “Brygida” was considered the cruelest of all the overseers, although the remaining overseers treated us very badly.
This concludes my testimony. After leaving Majdanek I did not come across her again.